The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behoves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is... an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l'homme, what is likely to happen if l'homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoo...n concerts, have even conducted in them; because I was a militant suffragette and seized a chance of beating time to "The March of the Women" from the window of my cell in Holloway Prison with a tooth-brush; because I have written books, spoken speeches, broadcast, and don't always make sure that my hat is on straight; for these and other equally pertinent reasons, in a certain sense I am well known.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am her friend, and her tongue is in my mouth. I can speak her sentiments for her, though Ethel Waters can do very well indeed in... speaking for herself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of ...a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »