I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again.

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.

If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive.

You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women.

All art at some time and in some manner becomes mass entertainment, and if it does not it dies and is forgotten.

The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.