The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.

The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.

A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.

We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.

The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd.

Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.

I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.

Words are wind, and the wind from Manderly's mouth means no more than the wind escaping his bottom.

Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude.

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries—to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.

It's more important to be read than paid.

I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer.

It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases.

I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that the apostle Paul was a tentmaker; Socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes was a mechanic.

It's true. I......I wanted to be born in the year of the cat......!

Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God.

The best strategy is one that offers the highest compound return consistent with no risk of going broke.