He who does not move with the times is a dead man

Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY.

The most remarkable thing about Hollywood is that it does not exist. ... Hollywood, in a word, has no center, never had one, no city hall, court house, church, square, or rather it probably has some of those but they're so aimlessly thrown in with the general jumble ... that I, for one, never found them.

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.

the seat of the greatest patriotic loyalties is in the stomach. Long after giving up all attachment to the land of his birth, the naturalized American citizen holds fast to the food of his parents.