I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.

To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.

It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant

...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes and doing all sorts of clever things. And that's when I knew! What other life could there be but that of an actor?

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.