I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.

The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth.

Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in.

I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for - whether it's a field, or a home, or a country.

But there comes a time in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among human beings or nota fool among fools or a fool alone.

For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.