"Don't worry. For a man who has been dead for fifteen years I am in remarkable health. Love. Mr. Barrymore."

"Orson Welles? What are they?"

"A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."

"He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy …"

"Mr. [John] Barrymore’s smile was the smile of an actor who hates actors, and who knows that he is going to kill two o…"

"The death of John Barrymore made us think again for a minute of F. Scott Fitzgerald. They were very different men: a …"

"I know that back in the twenties everyone who saw it judged John Barrymore's Hamlet to be unforgettable. Great though…"

"Wer Dankbarkeit fordert, verdient keine."

""Dass es uns lange gut geht, stösst gegen die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung. Wir werden gar nicht geboren zum Glück. Da…"

"Der Maler und der Beschauer vollenden zusammen ein Bild. Es ist ein Unterschied zwischen vollenden und fertig machen."