There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.

So much of life [is] a putting-off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing [is] ever lost by delay.

One gets started, and then, suddenly, one cannot remember what toothpaste they use . . . the moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him.

One can't love humanity. One can only love people.

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.

You cannot love without intuition.