When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned.

I actually collect old First and Second World War memorabilia.

The siesta provides a delightful detour from the working day and it also has a practical value as far as productivity is concerned. Winston Churchill had a good long siesta every day during the Second World War, and he said it was the thing that enabled him to cope with the pressure.

We tend to think about fascism in terms of the Second World War.

The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless.

In wartime, everyone's birthday turns into a commemoration of something so sad.