All right, so call me Miss Cliche of 1960, but the thing about the married ones that always spooks me is how sweet and attentive they are at first, when they're on the prowl.
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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