The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.

When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen.

You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.

You'll begin to act when you can forget your technique - when it is so securely inside you that you need not call upon it consciously.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

Actors need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don't be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good. Get rid of being average. Find the killer in you.

Happy children should not try to be artists. You have to be born with a broken heart and a sense of loneliness inside. I never had a happy moment as a child myself.

It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.

New adventures enrich one’s life.

Success is state of mind.If you want success start thinking of yourself as a success

When a person responds emotionally to intellectual things, or emotionally only to traditional emotional things - I find that an interesting break between myself and some other writers and fans.

There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because he is the living Lord.

A good student is one who will teach you something.

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

I've destroyed my feet completely but I don't care. What do you really need your feet for anyway.

I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.

There'll be oceans of talk and emotions without end.

How cold the vacancy When the phantoms are gone and the shaken realist First sees reality. The mortal no Has its emptiness and tragic expirations.