I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.

I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.

I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.

They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.

No oyster in the world tastes as good as a Gulf oyster.

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.