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• I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood.
  If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose....
• All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. -- Charlie Chapli
• I am against virtuosity for its own sake. Technique should enrich the action.
  One doesn't set the camera at a certain angle just because the cameraman happens to be enthusiastic about that spot....
• It could be that Walter's horse has wings" does not imply that there is any such animal as Walter's horse, only that there could be
  but "Walter's horse is a thing which could have wings" does imply Walter's horse's existence....
• No matter how desperate the predicament is, I'm always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
  -- Charlie Chapli...
• I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he had a sense of humor.
  -- William Inge...
• You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret.
  Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world....
• Why are you watching The washing machine? I love entertainment So long as it's clean.
  Professor Doberman: While the preceding poem is unarguably a change from the guarded pessimism of "The Hound of Heaven," it cannot be regarded as an unqualified improvement....
• I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it.
  If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth. -- Charlie Chapli...