"I like to work all night. That's when I do my best thinking."

"Don't let anyone near me. I mean anyone."

"I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go through in a half-perfect condition. So if I made any mistake it was in working too hard and in doing too much of it …"

"Didn't sleep last night so had breakfast in bed and will try again now. Hope you had no trouble. Please don't have too many [Hughes draws a cigarette sketch] and please be careful of the [sketch of a …"

"I am determined to elect a president of our choosing this year and one who will be deeply indebted, and who will recognize his indebtedness. Since I am willing to go beyond all limitations on this, I …"