First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking.

Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey

Cheer up,' I said. 'All countries look just like the moving pictures.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

I drank a bottle of wine for company. It was Chateau Margaux. It was pleasant to be drinking slowly and to be tasting the wine and to be drinking alone. A bottle of wine was good company.

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.