I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.
A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.
I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny.
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
In Holland and Belgium, and afterwards in England, my happiest moments were in the country. I've always had a passion for the outdoors, for trees, for birds and flowers.
I don't bite you know ... unless it's called for.
This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain's very important. That's when Paris smells its sweetest. It's the damp chestnut trees.
