“The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invita...” — Jules Renard Quote

“The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”

“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.”

“Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.”

“Most of my time at the White House, I wrote very unfunny speeches, but every year, I would work on the correspondents' dinner, which was a reminder of this other kind of writing that I loved to do.”

“My brother never had me to dinner in his life.”

“If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair.”