"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."

"A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness."

"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

"I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience."

"When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her."

"Only when the last tree has been cut down Only when the last river has been poisoned Only when the last fish has been caught Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."

"At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self."