I want to make a summing up, brief and to the point, but thorough. I have never suppressed a word in my books out of regard for other people and their prejudices.

I am an anarchist! Wherefore I will not rule and also ruled I will not be.

My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.

Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.

Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.

After 20 years in the game, I was fortunate to get away from the game and enjoy my family, which was great for me.

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others are always the most free from faults themselves.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.

I suppose the pursuit of fashion has always carried a price, monetary or otherwise.

I asked my wife, 'Is there somebody else?' She said, 'There MUST be.'

The Lord is in the details of our lives.