"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."

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure."

"Beware the man of one book."

"Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems."

"The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority."

"Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business."

"Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness."