There has been no lack of courage in Ireland; there never is, but even our courage has a fatal quality.

[On writer George Moore:] ... I grew curious about Moore. Yet when at the rehearsal of 'Countess Cathleen' in some dark by-way of London, I was told he was present, I cannot recall any form, only an irritation in the dusty atmosphere.

Perhaps it’s true, my happiest moments are the anticipation of other moments still to come.

We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed we have not got, we are possessed of a most futile and diverting cleverness.

There has been no lack of courage in Ireland; there never is, but even our courage has a fatal quality.

Sometimes it seems your ever-increasing list of things to do can leave you feeling totally undone.

Ireland regards sex, when she regards it at all, with an entirely primitive and practical eye.