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I like my old nose. If I could get it out the cupboard and put it on, then I would.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

Past middle age, some friends suggested that I should have my eyebags removed, the deepening creases on my face stretched. I often examined my face in the mirror, imagining how I'd look if I followed the suggestion. I decided to retain the old mug. I was too familiar and comfortable with it. And the final hindrance: the cost.

When I was younger, I used to look at movie stars with pencil-thin noses and think about a nose job. I've got a grown-up baby nose; it's not chiseled and structured. Then I saw how beautiful Audrey Tatou was in 'Amelie' and thought, 'She's got a nose like mine, and if she can have a baby nose, so can I.'

For my own poor part, I go to great lengths to keep my nostrils sightly.

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.

But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.

My grandmother is still a woman who worries about what she looks like when she goes outside. She's from that era, and I can remember saying to her, 'Grandmother, we're just going to the grocery store.' And she'd be like, 'I've got to fix my face!' You were very aware of how you were presenting yourself to society in 1960s Las Vegas.

A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.