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.

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 refrain from saying witty, unkind things, unless they are really witty and irreparably damaging.

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

To force myself to earn more money, I determined to spend more.