Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

Goodnight, my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.

It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad matinée in Hull, it will teach you much more than a year of careful instruction.

But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home?

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.