I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning

Quote by Peter De Vries

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The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must...

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must...

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.

I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow...

I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow...