They spend their time looking forward to the past.

Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

Writers don't need love; all they require is money.

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.

A refined sort of butcher, a woman is.

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive.

you are the cause by which I die

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.

Lights are to drama what music is to the lyrics of a song. The greatest part of my success in the theatre I attribute to my feeling for colors, translated into effects of light.

I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint.

A great painting or symphony or play, doesn't diminish us, but enlarges us, and we, too, want to make our own cry of affirmation to the power of Creation behind the Universe.

I love the idea of a woman's suit, but I wanted something that was a little easier to wear.

If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.

Ambition aspires to descend