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

Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.

A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms.

Writers, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid gloves, mentally and physically

H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.

Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.