in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude.

I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.

A man with money to pay for a meal can talk about hunger without demeaning himself. ... But for a man with no money hunger is a disgrace.

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.