I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
Nobody owes anybody anything; it’s up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
