Let's Face It Quotes

“Remembrance of my mother’s love changes my veil to gossamer threads. An anti-Semitic slur causes the veil to press against me. Sometimes a happy thought can make me jump for joy, but I must be careful; if I jump too high, I’ll bump into the veil. It doesn’t hurt, but it always tinges my joy with sadness.”
― Kirk Douglas, Let's Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning

“Anne and I met him at the beach in the south of France. Anne asked him to autograph a Chagall book that had one of his paintings in the middle of a page. He took the book home and brought it back the next morning. He had extended the copy of the painting to fill the entire page and signed it to me. It hangs on my wall near the bookshelf.”
― Kirk Douglas, Let's Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning