He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Art is not about something, Art is something

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'

Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine it may be superficial but it isn't fake.

But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.

I don’t want to say I’ll be back at the top of my game because everybody’s gonna think I’m crazy and it’s the old player not letting go sort of thing, but that’s what it’s gonna be.

Don't lie if you don't have to.

Quoting E. B. White is the easiest way I know of to fool people into thinking that I am perceptive, witty, and wise.

Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly.

A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]

Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that.

Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of Ebola.