My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.

Quote by James Thurber

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Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now...

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now...

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.