Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.

A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.

The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation.

Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.

I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying.' I tried with all my heart.

I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.

In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.

If I ever bore you, it'll be with a knife.

There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star.

Love is a publicity stunt, and making love, after the first curious raptures, is only another petulant way to pass the time waiting for the studio to call.

I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.

They were like lightning and rain, existing together but clashing at their very natures.

Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.

It is the illusion of knowledge, not ignorance, that keeps one from growing.

As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my craft.

The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.

Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.

When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

Yeah, I'm going to learn. I'm going to learn to skate really good, and if I can't, I'm going to get hurt doing it.