I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.

Experience teaches that silence terrifies the most.

Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.

Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.

Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.

[Talkies] are spoiling the oldest art in the world - the art of pantomime. They are ruining the great beauty of silence.