...reality, the name we give to the common experience.

Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.

A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more remunerative than a movie.

Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.

Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.

I write out of my intellectual experience.