"I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners."

"You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought."

"Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn't help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"

"Actually, depravity can be terribly boring if you don't smoke or drink."

"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!"