If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead.
Erich von StroheimIt is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life flowed at full tide, without responsibility, flashing past one like the drama in a fascinating story of adventure and romance.
Erich von Stroheim