It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

Quote by Robert Benchley

Topics: Famous Quotes

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a...

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a...

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But...

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But...

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying...

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying...

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

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...

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...

There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that...

There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that...

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

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...

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...

I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left...

I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left...

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

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,...

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?

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is...

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is...

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...

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're...

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're...