I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.

You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part.

It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old -- or being young, for that matter.

I'm a legend because I've survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate -- I'm still paddling the goddamned boat myself.

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go.

I think the reason that very few people really fall in love with anyone is that they're not willing to pay the price.

If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building.

You can't change the music of your soul.

I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep.

Heaven to be the first one up and to eat breakfast all alone.

I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.

The country is like a great sponge--it finally absorbs you. Eventually you will get malaria or you will get dysentery and whatever you do, if you don't keep doing it, the jungle will grow over you. Black or white, you've got to fight it every minute of the day.

I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.

The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.

Vitality! That's the pursuit of life, isn't it?