Vienna is cold, and dark, and sad. It is laid out as though for a royal parade; the streets are wide and they're flanked by monumental buildings, decorated with the faces of angry gods. And on the roof are statues of national heroes, wielding weapons of destruction.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

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

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

I am asked how to remain young, and I say 'Never, never work.' And that, of course, is the secret of it.

People are not heterosexual or homosexual, just sexual.

Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level.