Beauty is an omnipresence of death and loveliness, a smiling sadness that we discern in nature and all things, a mystic communion that the poet feels.

I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free.