- On the death of his close friend, George Gershwin: "George Gershwin died yesterday, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to."
- If Yale had given me a degree, I could have joined the Yale Club, where the food is pretty good, the library is ample and restful, the location convenient, and I could go there when I felt like it without sponging off friends. They also have a nice-looking necktie.
- [on 'Panama Hattie'] Who'd have thought we'd live to see the day when Cole Porter - Cole Porter! - would write a score in which the two outstanding songs are called 'My Mother Would Love You' and Let's Be Buddies'? And written straight, too; no kidding.
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