The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?

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.

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!

Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.

The good that men do lives after them.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.