I'm tired and it's taking an increasing amount out of me, more than I have to give physically. And that's why I want to move to Sicily and buy that little farm and raise a flock of goats and geese. I find it peaceful ... and it would be a nice way to end life.

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

If people behaved in the same way nations do they would all be put in straitjackets.

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

It is a terrible thing for an old woman to outlive her dogs.