To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage.

Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.