"For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros." - Ethel Barrymore, quoted in George Jean Nathan's The Theatre in the Fifties

"When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams." - Anton Chekhov

"A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned." - George Bernard Shaw