I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

I'll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals.

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to.

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.