The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.

Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandaled feet, Crept like a frightened girl.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a man. No dramatic college can teach its pupils to think or to feel. It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise [in the future. But only if we set out to make this true and anticipate it so we look for the blessings until we find them].

To be in love is to surpass one's self.