In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance: we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature - or go insane

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

Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh.

It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks.

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.