Imagination grows by exercise.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

By the time an actor knows how to act any sort of part he is often too old to act any but a few.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.