When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.

You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret.

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror

Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.