Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you living and the downs that mete out talent.

If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?

Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?

Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself.

To be somebody, you must last.

In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a face lift.

Don't face the facts.