Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Writers Quotes

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.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

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.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

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...

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,...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

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?

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...