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 discomfo….

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigge….

A woman who is loved always has success..

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

To be a Jew is a destiny.

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

There is a need for heroism in American life today..

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

patience is an integral part of talent..

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

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings..

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 hous….

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night ….

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

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply..

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..

Curious, how each one of us secretly carries his private cemetery around with him and watches it filling up with ever new graves. The last one to be ….

I've been in New York only a few days and I have learned only two words of your language: one is Swell, and the other is Lousy. ... 'It's swell to be….

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

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

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