Liquor is one way out an’ death’s the other.

In all these years, you never believed I loved you. And I did. I did so much. I did love you. I even loved your hate and your hardness.

I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.

An artist must believe in himself - Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence - but passionately. Your belief is contagious. Others say - He is vain - but they are affected.

Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much glory. They don't want glory like that in nobody's heart

Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

Oh, I haven't reached any peak. I hit the bottom in the '60s. When a certain actress undertook the leading role in a recent play of mine, she referred to me as "that old derelict." Not to my face, but behind my back.