Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.

Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite.

Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is.

Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?

Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like.

The tragedian will always be a limited tragedian if he has not learned how to laugh. The comedian who cannot weep will never touch the highest levels of mirth.

Please write an ending where the Martians are defeated. Don't take away your readers' hope.

That was the day I made up my mind, I am the voice of those who don't have the strength to cry.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old fashioned

In prayer we can approach God with complete assurance of His ability to answer us. There is no limit to what we can ask, if it is according to His will.

Grace is always given freely by God, but grace received should always issue in a joyous delight in Him.

These different people that I play become the loves of my life.

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.