I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them.

Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.

Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.

I like friends as I like music - when I am in the mood.

I hate the sight of blood, but it's in my veins.

The rights of citizenship will be taken away from all Jews and other non-Aryans. They are inferior and therefore enemies of the state. It is the duty of all true Aryans to hate and despise them.

Hair is vitally personal to children. They weep vigorously when it is cut for the first time; no matter how it grows, bushy, straight or curly, they feel they are being shorn of a part of their personality.