Author: Peter De Vries

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

We all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Marriage has driven more than one man to sex.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments – the very lower bowel of music.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Write drunk; edit sober.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

The rich aren’t like us… they pay less taxes.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

I love being a writer; what I can't stand is the paperwork.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

I love being a writer; what I can't stand is the paperwork.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

They made love as though they were an endangered species.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist