Intolerance Of Mediocrity Has Been The Main

People Who Have Escaped From Poverty Are Like Old Soldiers. In Later Years They Recount The Little, Amusing Incidents That Happened Infrequently, And Conveniently Forget The Long, Unrelieved Stretches Of Misery And Boredom.

To Get Fifty People To A Cocktail Party In New York, You Ask One Hundred. In Hollywood, You Invite Twenty.

I Make Enemies Deliberately. They Are The Sauce Piquante To My Dish Of Life.

Fight Fire With Fire. If You Must Have Bores, Always Put Them Together Or At The Same Table ... Bores Have An Effervescent Chemical Reaction On One Another At A Party. They Invariably Have A Marvelous Time Trading Banalities In The Absence Of Competition. Clichés Roll Trippingly Off The Tongue Like Sparkling Epigrams And Trite Observations Acquire Depth Sinking Into Receptive Minds.

Laugh At Yourself First, Before Anyone Else Can.