As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things.

An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.

Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art

Truth is independent of facts always.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.