A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.

My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were a year and a half and two years old. I've only one or two daguerreotypes that come to mind.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.