The Extent Of Marriage

Sinclair Lewis once received a letter from a very young and very pretty woman who wished to become his secretary.  She said she could type, file, and anything else, and concluded, "When I say anything, I mean anything."  Lewis turned the letter over to his wife, Dorothy Thompson.  She wrote to the young woman saying, "Mr. Lewis already has an excellent secretary who can type and file.  I do everything else, and when I say everything, I mean everything."

- Alan Loy McGinnis, The Power of Optimism (HarperTorch, 1994)