I trained myself. Long ago, `Boy' [Arthur] Capel introduced me to 'Bludgeon the Poor!' (Assommons les pauvres!) which, rejecting resignation, informed my moral outlook for life.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face.

I invented my life because I wasn't pleased with it.

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

A young lady ought to be two things: tasteful and breathtaking.

He who does not enjoy his own company is usually right.