I often used to say, the more parties there were for a book, the worse the book was.

Never judge a cover by its book.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child', for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.