By nature, I am an experimentalist. I don't believe much in accomplishment.

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

Crooks aren't the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.

If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.

I'm a lurid character!