I never miss England.

I can't remember ever having a tragic demeanor. Although my life was tragedy.

The gymnasiacs of Venice, in California, are so addicted to these practices that there has arisen a nation of men who can no longer put their arms against their sides

Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end of the Second World War, most were directed at how to comport yourself in the presence of the ladies.

It's been agony but I couldn't have done it any other way.