Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

Her best-known book was Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957) a humorous look at suburban life from the point of view of former city dwellers. " She received a Bachelor's Degree from Marywood College in Scranton and later attended The Catholic University of America where Jean Kerr received her master's degree and met then-professor Walter Kerr. She died in White Plains New York of pneumonia in 2003.

She was married to drama critic Walter Kerr and was the mother of six children.