I think I'm most nervous about revealing how nervous I have always been. People think me calm, confident, poised. Inside I'm a jelly.

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

Money no longer has any meaning. Civilization is coming to an end. If not the destruction of the world, it's an endless stalemate.

How to seperate the humiliation from the loss, that's the catch. You can never be sure if what tortures you is the pain of being without someone you love or the embarrassment of admitting that you have been rejected.

Talent is inborn, but technique is learned.

My parents were marvelously educated people.

I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook.