The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.

Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want read more

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall.

Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.

Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.