But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.

Jail doesn't teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.

All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.