Black and white are the most ravishing colors of all in film.
The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.
[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees.
Why is it that beautiful women never seem to have curiosity? Is it because they know they're classical? With classical things the Lord finished the job. Ordinary ugly people know they're deficient and they go on looking for the pieces.
People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean.
It [humor] inhabits the marginal.