Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

The young are so much more vulnerable than the old - the stuff is still warm and malleable, it takes impressions.

I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.

She did not so much cook as assassinate food.

My mind is not suited to go much into company.

Surprise will be my last emotion, not fear.

You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.