Jean Cocteau

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.