Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.
“Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.”
“You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to write in whatever clever manner they desire.”