Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one's partner on both the left and the right.

It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.

I think the best vacation is the one that relieves me of my own life for a while and then makes me long for it again.

Everyone knows everything eventually.

He used to say we all had a compass inside of us and what we needed to do was to find it and to follow it.

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.

The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.