There seems to be within all of us an innate yearning to be lifted momentarily out of our own lives into the realm of charm and make believe.

The finest thing about a hobby is that you can't do any pretending about it. You either like it or you don't.

It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room, as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.

I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.

You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.

I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. If it looks right, it is right.

No room can be called perfect unless it has real comfort.

Too much of anything is the beginning of a mess.

Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.

Salad is never more appetizing than when served in a large wooden bowl.

The more mirror-minded you become, the more your home will reflect shining charm!

We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.

Tragedy allowed the audience to experience intense, sometimes disturbing emotions that could not be experienced in real life without terrible cost.

When we hear the bird sing, it hears only how to love. (Quand on entend l'oiseau chanter, - Lui n'entend que comment aimer.)

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

You always want an album to sound like its own little planet.

Temper justice with mercy.

I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977.

If I don't eat soon, I'll die of hunger; and if I die, I won't eat soon.

What skilful limner e'er would choose To paint the rainbow's varying hues, Unless to mortal it were given To dip his brush in dyes of heaven?