... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.

Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Art is not about something, Art is something

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'

If you train a dog it will follow you but if you train yourself you will be Great.

Sensuality isn’t a crime, though you act like showing a little skin will kill you.

My purpose of writing is to express my love for you, no matter, who you are, where you live or whatever you do.

Until we find Enio, I'm closer to you than your own shadow.

You must be present to win.

You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.

My method is to find a word with a gesture.

It is impossible for forward play to be quite as safe as back play, because there must be a moment when the ball is out of sight.

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.

The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label.