The psychiatrist's office: the only place I can be sure my story will be treated as sad, but interesting.

Getting ready: the show girl scratches her breast and shakes out her feathers.

Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.

At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.

Originality is in the eye of the beholder.

In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.

Rule of art: let half-blind purpose lead you.