The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs

The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.

Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.

Where words leave off, gesture begins. Don't we speak of a person being speechless with rage, dancing with impatience, setting his teeth? The final motions of the soul are speechless, animal, grotesque, or of an incomparable beauty.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone