The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.

We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.

The happiest miser on earth is the man who saves up every friend he can make.

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.

The trouble with me is, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals.

And who are the greater criminals-those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

That's the whole story of my life: frustration. It's a chronic disease, and it's incurable.

Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.

Poor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends.

I want to explore every aspect of you.

The meaning of existence is that you have simply existed at all.

Time if abused is always sure to have the last laugh.

Training was one thing, reality another.

It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.

There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about.

How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.

Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.

Teachers are by nature idealists, and they believe anything can be learned.

We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]