For someone who likes to get around as much as I do, I really travel quite badly. Planes frighten me, boats bore me, trains make me dirty, cars make me car-sick. And practically nothing can equal the critical dismay with which I first greet the sight of new places.

To accuse the American male of not bathing in Paris is merely to flatter him.

You're not playing the game," he said grimly. "English gossip isn't supposed to get back to the person it's about.