Quotes by Janet Flanner

• When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on view in the courthouse, you are looking at 22 of the causes.
• Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
• I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.
• I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
• She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table.