I'm such a COWARD that UNLESS I get a GOOD WRITER, I don't want to make a PICTURE.

I am such a COWARD when it comes to political arguments. I TEND to SORT of recoil rather than ENGAGE.

I couldn't WRITE a happy movie or romantic COMEDY to save my life. Yes, Noel COWARD's an idol, but his plays are SERIOUS to me. 'Private Lives' and 'Design for Living' both have an edge. Without psychoanalyzing myself, I think I exorcise my demons in my work.

Lonnie Smith doesn't deserve to FIGHT EVER again. I am totally DISGUSTED with him. If I had known he would RUN like a COWARD, I would never have given him a fight. He has disgraced boxing.

You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm REALLY AFRAID of LIVE audiences.

It was Noel Coward whose TECHNIQUE I envied and TRIED to emulate. I collected all his RECORDS and writing.

President KENNEDY was willing to go to WAR. He was not a coward. The MAN had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military SOLUTION just because it was being rammed down his throat.

I COME from the world of theater, and I know Noel Coward's writing well. He has such a specific voice, and was one of the wittiest writers who EVER LIVED, and you think of him in the same CATEGORY as someone like Shakespeare who's just IMPOSSIBLE to imitate.

If you are strong, and you are FIGHTING the weak for any period of time, you are GOING to become weak yourself. If you behave like a COWARD, then you are going to become cowardly - it's only a question of time.

To be scrupulously HONEST, I only met Noel Coward twice in my life, and then briefly, but I heard so MUCH about him at HOME when I was growing up that I always felt I KNEW him well.