I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.

I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.

all the French speak French - even the children. Many Americans and Britishers who visit the country never quite adjust to this, and the idea persists that the natives speak the language just to show off or be difficult.

I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.

My sister has decided to become an actress too. It has ruined the close-knittedness of our family life.