I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

The old Catholic parties hounded me with a Christian hatred from station to station, city to city, one stage to another.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.

I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the 'Folies Bergere.'

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

I was learning the importance of names - having them, making them - but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.