I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep.

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

I have a fear of being boring.

I think the thing to remember though the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels is that the idea of angels was created by human beings who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.

More than anything else my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young sexy and available. She was all that and more. She had big blue eyes alabaster skin a heart-shaped face a beautiful figure. She was just a knockout.

People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.

Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America if I don't make eye contact the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled.