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

serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.

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.

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.

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

patience is an integral part of talent.