Rome is the city above all cities which loses most of its meaning to those who do not bring to it some historical sense, a decent knowledge of art, and a good amount of time. Rome therefore is particularly disturbing to an American.

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

The main thing is to get what little happiness there is out of life in this wartorn world because ‘these are the good old days’ now.

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.

I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.

Nature abhors a vacuum, even in the heads of statesmen.