 Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. |
| I started at the top and worked my way down. |
| I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. |
| At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable. |
| My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. |
| Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest. |
| Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature. |
| I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai. |
| Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him. |
| A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong. |
| I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. |
| Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. |
| I've always found it very sanitary to be broke. |
| Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem. |
| When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends. |
| I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act. |
| Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. |
| I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. |
| I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. |
| We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. |
