"Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience."
"I know that an author must be brave enough to chop away clinging tentacles of good taste for the sake of a great work. But this is no great work, you see."
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Source: Dorothy Parker (2002). “Complete Stories”, p.88, Penguin
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