The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.