It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
in Robert Benchley (Nathaniel Benchley), ch. 1
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.
in The Algonquin Wits, ed. Robert E. Drennan
So who's in a hurry?
When asked if he understood drinking was a slow death.
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