The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His work means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.

Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.

The better the actor, the more stupid he is.

Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can't stand it for some reason.

You can love somebody without it being like that. You keep them a stranger, a stranger who's a friend.

If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau in Puerto Rico. And I may yet.