“He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.”

Turning a memory of cramped working conditions into a characteristic piece of wordplay · Interview, The Paris Review, 1956

• Art
• Joy
• Memory

“It was the greatest act of friendship I'd known.”

Remembering Robert Benchley and Robert Sherwood resigning after she was dismissed from Vanity Fair · Interview, The Paris Review, 1956

• Friendship
• Memory

“There was no money, but Jesus we had fun.”

Remembering youthful poverty as a period rich in companionship and pleasure · Interview, The Paris Review, 1956

• Friendship
• Joy
• Memory