The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind Quotes

“Live dangerously. There's a lot to be said for sinning.”
― Katharine Hepburn, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

“Heaven to be the first one up and to eat breakfast all alone.”
― Katharine Hepburn, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

“How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.”
― Katharine Hepburn, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

“To put it simply: There was no bunk about Bogie. He was a man.”
― Katharine Hepburn, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

“[Lauren Bacall] and Bogie seemed to have the most enormous opinion of each other's charms, and when they fought it was with the utter confidence of two cats locked deliciously in the same cage.”
― Katharine Hepburn, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

“The country is like a great sponge—it finally absorbs you. Eventually you will get malaria or you will get dysentery and whatever you do, if you don't keep doing it, the jungle will grow over you. Black or white, you've got to fight it every minute of the day.”
― Katharine Hepburn, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

“Funny the things which civilization has to offer when one misses. Flooring is a lovely thing. Gives one confidence. During my five weeks' occupancy the mud floor stayed wet in spite of great care on my part not to slop the water again. It never did properly dry, because the hut was necessarily dark. No direct sun came in, and the humidity was so terrific that even in direct sunlight nothing ever dried out. Curious to live on a slippery surface. A floor is a very important item.”
― Katharine Hepburn, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind