
Interview for Vogue magazine (December 2008)
Interview for Vogue magazine (December 2008)
Mad About the Boy (1932)
On what he would do if he met Britney Spears
John Calvin, quoted in The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations (2001) by Martin H. Manser, p. 56
Misattributed
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
On her first experience and fascination for Odissi dance quoted in "I have been a hippie all my life".
The Caesars (c. 361)
Context: "It is the season of the Kronia, during which the god allows us to make merry. But, my dear friend, as I have no talent for amusing or entertaining I must methinks take pains not to talk mere nonsense."
"But, Caesar, can there be anyone so dull and stupid as to take pains over jesting? I always thought that such pleasantries were a relaxation of the mind and a relief from pains and cares."
"Yes, and no doubt your view is correct, but that is not how the matter strikes me. For by nature I have no turn for raillery, or parody, or raising a laugh."