I am on the side of the underdog except when I am on the side of the rich

The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.

I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it.

It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.

By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

Man's indecency to man all over the world rules out the idea of humanity as an actuality. It is a dream of young idealists. In practice a misnomer

I intend to live the first half of my life. I don't care about the rest.

You can never trust a human being to behave as you would have expected in a given circumstance

I am convinced of the validity of contradiction. There are many worlds. Each is true, at its time, in its own fashion

Any man who dies with more than $10000 to his name is a failure.

The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.

The world’s magic sneaks up on you in secret, settles next to you when you have your head turned.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed.

Some boys go to college and eventually succeed in getting out. Others go to college and never succeed in getting out. The latter are called professors.

The door available to everyone that can lead to happiness & success is the modest door of the public library. I found it to be so in my own life and work.

The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.

Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over.