The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled in them, and each time they come into contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded.

It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human element]