We who are alive at this moment are only an infinitesimal part of something that has existed for eternity and will continue when there is no longer anything to show that earth existed. Still, we must feel and believe that we are all.

It's better to wake up alone knowing that you're alone, than waking up with someone and still be lonely

The Summer Book is beautiful and warm, with the kind of wisdom we can adapt to our everyday lives.

Oh, those wonder-filled evenings when acting enables me for a short moment to have more life.

It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is only the untalented who make their own limitations those of the actors as well.

I do not want to arrive at the end of life and then be asked what I made of it and have to answer: 'I acted.' I want to be able to say: 'I loved and I was mystified. It was a joy sometimes, and I knew grief. And I would like to do it all again.'

Life experiences become acting experiences, which in turn become life experiences.