Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?

I have never killed anyone, but I have often read about some guy getting his ass taken out with great pleasure

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.