Vicki Baum
Vicki Baum
HedwigBaumwas an Austrian writer. She is known for Menschen im Hotel, one of her first international successes. It was made into a 1932 film and a 1989 broadway musical...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 January 1888
CountryUnited States of America
cities squares house
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.
cities solitude big-cities
in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude.
arts beings demands finest human marriage possible
Marriage always demands the finest arts of insincerity possible between two human beings
deadliest feeling offered woman
The deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman is pity.
american-novelist
You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.
american-novelist cold north success
Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
men pay meals
A man with money to pay for a meal can talk about hunger without demeaning himself. ... But for a man with no money hunger is a disgrace.
tired secret infidelity
I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.
new-york two language
I've been in New York only a few days and I have learned only two words of your language: one is Swell, and the other is Lousy. ... 'It's swell to be with you and excuse, please, my lousy English!
mistake men pay
men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.
patience talent
patience is an integral part of talent.
art perfection people
Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.
morning eye next
serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.
destiny jew
To be a Jew is a destiny