All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

I have changed as everyone changes: within a permanency.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

What the painter adds to the canvas are the days of his life. The adventure of living, hurtling toward death.

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can.

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.