Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.

The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.

What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other

I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.

I'd make my promises now if I wasn't so busy arranging to keep them.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.