It is my private life which no one knows anything about, nor ever will. It needs more than half my time if it is to be a success.

...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.

Being in the depths of sadness is just as important an experience as being exuberantly happy.

Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there.

On Teasing : Teach your teen-age daughters not to tease boys into physical desire. You might save their lives.

He [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

[On Las Vegas:] I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions.