Janet Flanner Quotes


"By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented."
- Janet Flanner
(Related: Love, Men, War, Women, Man, Wonder)

"Genius is immediate, but talent takes time."
- Janet Flanner
(Related: Time, Talent, Genius)

"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."
- Janet Flanner
(Related: Act)

"I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it."
- Janet Flanner
"She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table."
- Janet Flanner
(Related: Life, Crowds)