Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.

Intolerance of mediocrity has been the main prop of my independence.

What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you.

Most rich people are the poorest people I know.

[On Hollywood:] I had gone there expecting to see parties that reflected the stock-in-trade of the movies - glamour. Instead, I found the same attitude toward parties that European peasants had for baths. It was something to be done methodically every Saturday night.