But seriously, I believe I'm a sort of Ideal Woman, if you know what I mean. I'm the sort of woman who can take men away from their wives, but I could never keep anybody for long. And that's because I'm the type which every man imagines he wants, until he gets me; and then he finds he doesn't really, after all.
Christopher IsherwoodI am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.
Christopher IsherwoodI'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.
Christopher IsherwoodIn ten minutes they will have arrived on campus. George will have to be George; the George they have named and will recognise. So now he consciously applies himself to thinking their thoughts, getting into their mood. With the skill of a veteran, he rapidly puts on the psychological makeup for this role he must play.
Christopher Isherwood