All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Some things are not forgiveable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.

I can't expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself.

The name of a person you love is more than language.

People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in America sits in a dark room and watches them have them.

Since that day, when people have spoken to me of "genius", I have felt the inside pocket to make sure my wallet's still there.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.