I just think that sometimes it is less hard to wake up feeling lonely when you are alone than to wake up feeling lonely when you are with someone else. Some people would be better off alone, but they feel they've got to get hold of someone to prove they're worthwhile.

Film is wonderful as opposed to theater, because it will always live there, and they will always be seen.

I can't expect people to decide that they will change with me, so I can see why I'm on the old side.

it is only in statistics that people die by the millions. Each person dies individually, in his own predicament.

If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex.

I do not want to arrive at the end of life and then be asked what I made of it and have to answer: 'I acted.' I want to be able to say: 'I loved and I was mystified. It was a joy sometimes, and I knew grief. And I would like to do it all again.'

The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.