Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated to it.

Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.

Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.

One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.

He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language.

I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina.

Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop.

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

Knowledge—like a nail—is made load-bearing by being driven in. If it's not driven deep enough, it will break when any weight is put upon it.

Whenever I read statistical reports, I try to imagine my unfortunate contemporary, the Average Person, who, according to these reports, has 0.66 children, 0.032 cars, and 0.046 TVs.

You have been complaining so long about your labour pains. It's time to show us your baby! What at all have you been dreaming about that long? Let's see it and give it a name!

I want you forever. I will always be with you. I will always love you. I will love, honor, and cherish you for all eternity.

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.

Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

You remind me of everything that followed.

I'm always so sick of myself after a show.

Return to the purity of your innocence where you are enchanted with life. Give love for no reason. Surround yourself with others doing the same.

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

It is not that I love contradictions: life is contradictory. Existence itself is possible only through contradictions.