Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.

I'd rather be in trouble for having done something than for not having done anything.

The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be.

Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant.

When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.