To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past, one only adds a new link.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature

the evil thing is inside, not out.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.

Everybody has friends they dislike; people who they have slipped into relationships with, people they would not have chosen had they been more cautious, more circumspect.

rule number one for all American women: You are to be seen and felt, but not heard. Listen and do as you are told and everything will be all right.

Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.

If I find myself being too earnest and sentimental and hyperbolic and simplistic, which is definitely a tendency I have, then I bring in this perverse henchman.

Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries.

There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that's not me.

Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.

Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!