Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.

The dangerous time when mechanical voices, radios, telephones, take the place of human intimacies, and the concept of being in touch with millions brings a greater and greater poverty in intimacy and human vision.

Hollywood is a mirage factory.

We are cruel when someone refuses to play the role in which we have cast him. We judge a person only according to his relationship towards us.

I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.

We efface an hour by passionate love, without twists, without aftertaste. When it is finished, it is not finished, we lie still in each other's arms lulled by our love, by tenderness -- sensuality in which the whole being can participate.