“In the beginning, I was put off by the harshness of German. Someone would order a piece of cake, and it sounded as if it were an actual order, like, "Cut the cake and lie facedown in that ditch between the cobbler and the little girl."”

“Sometimes to achieve greatness, you do, you have to cut off a little piece of yourself no matter how much it hurts, in order to grow, in order to move on. It takes courage and I admire that, you know?”

“The cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”

“It’s just like riding a bike. After a little wobbling, it’s a piece of cake. But when it comes to money, it’s the determination to get through the wobbling that’s a personal thing.”

“What did I do?" he said. "Cake! It's cake! Delicious cake!”

“Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.”

“I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.”

“The little man on the wedding cake.”

“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece but not too much.”

“Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with.”