Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

Quote by Robert Benchley

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An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take...

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take...

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that...

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that...

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to...

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to...

There are two kinds of people in this world - those who divide everything into...

There are two kinds of people in this world - those who divide everything into...

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?

Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?

After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his...

After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his...

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I...

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I...

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street...

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back...

If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back...

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading...

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading...

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have...

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

I think the worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of...

I think the worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of...

Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to...

Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to...