"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."

"Truth is a pathless land."

"We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself."

"Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains."

"When shit becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes."

"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge."

"The word 'meaningful' when used today is nearly always meaningless."