"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot"

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

"Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."

"All sins are attempts to fill voids."

"The human language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out a tune for a dancing bear, when we hope with our music to move the stars."

"Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded."

"Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius."

"If we don't chase things--sometimes the things following us can catch up."

"Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets."