This was an actress who, for twenty years, had the world at her feet. She kicked it away, and the ball rolled out of her reach.

Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theatre unless he or she has bronchitis.

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.

I don't know very much but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it…My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made.

Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.

In her early days she had that beatific expression characteristic of Victorian prettiness - like a sheep painted by Raphael.

I... wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain.

My mind is not a bed to be made and remade.

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.

Hell, any game that gives its players guns is probably not the kind that'll ever really let you go free.

I wait for what comes and experience the joy and delight of the unexpected.

The only power you have is the word no.

Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.

Psychological adulthood is by no means a universal attainment.

Love life more than the meaning of it?

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you’re about as likely to find someone else interested in it.