Polite conversation is rarely either. Votes: 13
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. Votes: 13
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. Votes: 11
Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat. Votes: 11
That which we call civilization is merely the accumulated debris of a chilling number of bad nights. Votes: 6
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. Votes: 2
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine." Votes: 1
I love being in love. I don't think anything compares with it, though I consider it very disruptive. Votes: 0
To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire. Votes: 0
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. Votes: 0
Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. Votes: 0
Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams. Votes: 0
If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies Votes: 0
My favorite animal is steak. Votes: 0
Andy Warhol made fame more famous. Votes: 0
Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set. Votes: 0
Now people need special costumes to ride bicycles. I mean, a helmet, what, are you an astronaut?? Votes: 0
People elect the President for reasons that have nothing to do with his ability to be president. Votes: 0
I don't care if New York avoided bankruptcy by substituting tourism for the garment business. Votes: 0
I'm very lazy, I hate to work. Votes: 0
To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab. Votes: 0
This idea that people have to love and understand each other is absurd. It's not human nature. Votes: 0
I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead. Votes: 0
You can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness. Votes: 0
I'm a horrible girlfriend. I always was. I'm great at the beginning, because I can be very romantic. Votes: 0
White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing. Votes: 0
What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life. Votes: 0
It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others. Votes: 0
There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air. Votes: 0
Never judge a cover by its book. Votes: 0
Frenchman: Germans with good food. Votes: 0
Favorite animal: steak. Votes: 0
I hate, simply, to work. I just hate to work, period. I am profoundly slothful. Practically inert. Votes: 0
Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth. Votes: 0
The only appropriate response to the question, 'Can I be frank?' is, 'Yes, if I can be Barbara. Votes: 0
If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater? Votes: 0
Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of art is that life imitates it. Votes: 0
Nothing succeeds like address. Votes: 0
When I was young, boys didn't type. Votes: 0
There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn. Votes: 0
For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies. Votes: 0
If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies. Votes: 0
I write a sentence a thousand times, changing it all the time to look at it in different ways. Votes: 0
The second I learned to read in first grade, when I was 5, I preferred it to life. And I still do. Votes: 0
I've always been old at heart. Votes: 0
[On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell. Votes: 0
A dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has never met a tax lawyer. Votes: 0
I just write when fear overtakes me. Votes: 0