39 Quotes by Vicki Baum

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

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.

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

There is a need for heroism in American life today.

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY.

People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.

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.

when we are young our parents run our life; when we get older, our children do.

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.