Always keep a smile. I attribute my long life to that. I believe I will die laughing. That's part of my program.

I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.

[On being the oldest living human being:] God must have forgotten me.

Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

When I'm laid in my coffin, I want you to put a picture of my grandchild to the right of me and and a picture of my daughter to my left. That way they will be buried with me.

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

I had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible.