I liked to call him Sean, his Irish name. It's a very masculine name, like him. He drank a lot and his pipe was part of him.

It reminded me of the way Father's jacket smelled. He was one of the extraordinary people my career gave me the opportunity to meet and know.

- Katharine Hepburn on director John Ford

I Know Where I'm Going: Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler