[On Orson Welles:] When I talk to him, I feel like a plant that's been watered.

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

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.

Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone.

Lover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.”

Soft drinks: The gooey, bubbly sea drowning our American children.

The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a “nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.