Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is$$$ and to do what no other can do.

I'm killing time and it's dying hard.

Had my books been any worse I would not have been invited to Hollywood and if they had been any better I would not have come.

She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.

I needed a drink$$$ I needed a lot of life insurance$$$ I needed a vacation$$$ I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat$$$ a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.

Heaven send us better times! There is nothing but plotting and counter-plotting$$$ undermining and counter-mining in this world.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?

Hunger is the best sauce in the world.