I always dreamed of working in Paris, of going to the Coupole and slapping Picasso or Giacometti on the shoulder.

My sister was brilliant: she was in the 25 top math students in the country. When she finished college, I said, 'Spend a couple of months here in Europe. You'll get another take on life.' She never came - married some schmuck who made clothes for fat women on Seventh Avenue.

My father was convinced that America was the greatest place in the world. I'm afraid I didn't have the family I would have dreamed of.

William Klein Quotes