Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it. To S J Perelman about his book Dawn Ginsbergh’s Revenge (1929)

Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity... If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live. Last taped interview, published in LIFE magazine (3 August 1962)