He who treats another human being as divine thereby assigns to himself the relative status of a child or an animal.

Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

We all have a contract with the public—in us they see themselves, or what they would like to be.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.

When I do a show, the whole show revolves around me, and if I don’t show up, they can just forget it.