Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity.

At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

I think that first nights should come near the end of a play's run-as indeed, they often do.

The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.

It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man.