"Hanns Eisler is a personal friend and I am proud of the fact... I don't know whether he is a communist or not. I know he is a fine artist and a great musician and a very sympathetic friend. No it woul…"

"More than machinery we need humanity."

"I don't believe in happy endings. I believe in realistic endings."

"Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease from pain."

"The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live."