It would be so much better if the critics would come, not on first nights, but on last nights, when they could exercise their undoubted flair for funeral orations.

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

I started at the top and worked my way down.

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

I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out

People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.

Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.