I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.
I don't know where we're going or how we'll get there, but when we get there we'll be there - and that's something, even if it's nothing. - S. J. Perelman
I don't know where we're going or how we'll get there, but when we get there we'll be there - and that's something, even if it's nothing.
- S. J. Perelman
The main obligation is to amuse yourself. - S. J. Perelman
The main obligation is to amuse yourself.
The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere. - S. J. Perelman
The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.
I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds. - S. J. Perelman
I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds.
If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted. - S. J. Perelman
If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.
There is such a thing as too much couth. - S. J. Perelman
There is such a thing as too much couth.
I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, quartets, chamber music, and cantatas. - S. J. Perelman
I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, quartets, chamber music, and cantatas.
I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money. - S. J. Perelman
I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money.
"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen." - S. J. Perelman
"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."
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