It was better not to get too close to another person. The closer you got, the more likely you were to get hurt.

I'm getting too elderly to travel the length of the country for a free hangover.

There's a war on. We don't know how anything's going to end. We just have to grasp each fleeting moment of joy as it whizzes by.

I wasn't good enough. I had a little talent but not enough. There is nothing more discouraging than having just a little talent.

And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love the most.

Other people's houses were always fascinating. As soon as you went through the door for the first time, you got the feel of the atmosphere, and so discovered something about the personalities of the people who lived there.

Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners.