Peter De Vries (February 27, 1910 - September 28, 1993) was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit

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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.
We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

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