1. “I don’t believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame or my failures are those that walk about the stage.”
2. “Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.”
3. “The higher the building the lower the models.”
4. “Marriage is the aftermath of love.”
5. “It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own.”
6. “Television is for appearing on, not looking at.”
7. “Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.”
8. “My life really has been one long extravaganza.”
9. “I’ll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.”
10. “As one gets older, one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.”
11. “Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.”
12. “Work hard, do your best you can, don’t eve lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.”
13. “Trust your instincts. if you have no instincts, trust your impulses.”
14. “Bed is the perfect climate.”
15. “It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
16. “Hollywood is a place where some people lie on beach and look up at the stars, whereas other people lie on the stars and look down at the beach.”
17. “People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what’s wrong with it .”
18. “Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it’s impossible to breed anything.”
19. “If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.”
20. “You will know you’re old when you cease to be amazed.”
21. “Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.”
22. “I’m not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.”
23. “I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health.”
24. “What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.”
25. “Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin an marrons glaces.”
26. “Work is much more fun than fun.”
27. “I’m an enormously talented man, and there’s no use pretending that I’m not.”
28. “I love criticism just so long as it’s unqualified praise.”
29. “The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.”
30. “Wit ought to be glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.”
