“Why darling, I'm your Auntie Mame!”

“Oh, darling, you know we writers must occasionally stretch a point to heighten the dramatic situation. ”

“she thought that 9Am was in the middle of the night”

“Daddy always said that Christmas is a joyous season when suicides and holdups and shoplifting and like that reach a new high and that the best place to spend the whole thing is a Moslem country.”

“I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind. ”

“She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you're not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I'm saying?”

“Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death! Live, Live, Live!”