“It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.”

“It's like when you read a book and you know that the words are important, but the images blossoming in your imagination are even more important because it's your mind that allows the words to come to life.”

“Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a brief glance to give an important cue.”

“The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life.”

“There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to protect the more important ones. But should it come to the very last, the most important one, at this point a man must halt and stand firm if he doesn't want to begin life all over again with idle hands and a feeling of being shipwrecked.”

“Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper.”