People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry. Vicki Baum More Quotes by Vicki Baum More Quotes From Vicki Baum There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. Vicki Baum dancehappyhappiness Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. Vicki Baum being-alonelonelyloneliness There is a need for heroism in American life today. Vicki Baum timelifeamerica Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply. Vicki Baum comes-and-goesnext Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings. Vicki Baum marriagetwoart Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent. Vicki Baum worrymennight men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it. Vicki Baum differentmistakemen Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare. Vicki Baum perfectionpeopleart A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life. Vicki Baum contactshouldreality I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery. Vicki Baum infidelitytiredsecret cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall. Vicki Baum catnaturedirty To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing. Vicki Baum writingmightchildren Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman. Vicki Baum pityfeelings The most remarkable thing about Hollywood is that it does not exist. ... Hollywood, in a word, has no center, never had one, no city hall, court house, church, square, or rather it probably has some of those but they're so aimlessly thrown in with the general jumble ... that I, for one, never found them. Vicki Baum squarescitieshouse in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude. Vicki Baum big-citiessolitudecities A man with money to pay for a meal can talk about hunger without demeaning himself. ... But for a man with no money hunger is a disgrace. Vicki Baum mealspaymen Curious, how each one of us secretly carries his private cemetery around with him and watches it filling up with ever new graves. The last one to be our own. Vicki Baum filling-uplosswatches the seat of the greatest patriotic loyalties is in the stomach. Long after giving up all attachment to the land of his birth, the naturalized American citizen holds fast to the food of his parents. Vicki Baum giving-uployaltyfood What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY. Vicki Baum hollywoodknowingtwo serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning. Vicki Baum bedeyemorning
