If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea. - Seán O'Casey

A man should always be drunk, Minnie, when he talks politics — it's the only way in which to make them important.

All the world's a stage, and most of us are desperately under-rehearsed.

The Drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candlesticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense nor myrrh; and the gospel for the day always The Play will Run for a Year. The Dove of Inspiration, of the desire for inspiration, has flown away from it; and on its roof, now, the commonplace crow caws candidly.