Great Throughts Treasury

"The man who never made an enemy never made anything."

"Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself."

"A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. A camera turning."

"I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act."

"I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover."

"I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done."