Things grew and lived in constant adversity, ingenious in solving problems of existence.
The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.
A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.
Sex as something beautiful may soon disappear. Once it was a knife so finely honed the edge was invisible until it was touched and then it cut deep. Now it is so blunt that it merely bruises and leaves ugly marks.
Our security must be threatened in order for us to appreciate it.
There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor?