“The good stage manager is born—like the good actor. It [stage management] is, in itself, a special gift and cannot be acquired by training.”
“When I can think more with my head and less with my heart the world will think me wise—and I shall know myself a fool!”
“The eyes of the heart see quickly and judge rightly.”
“I think Dreams are the only Realities of Life—and Love is their soul.”
“My world is a small one, of my own making; a world of faith and dreams—and that’s why there are so few people in it!”
“When we are not physically well, the thoughts follow the line of least resistance—if the Will allows them to; but the Will is Master, and whatever we wish to be, whatever we wish to do, whatever we wish to get, we can get, we can be and do, by willing it. So it is that you will be happy; so it is that you will do wonderful things with your life; so it is that you will get into the Castle of your Dreams.”
“For women, marriage is the greatest of all careers: therefore, do not try to mix any of the others with it!”
About Flaubert and de Maupassant: “Both of them are of the realistic school, and all students of human nature should read and reread them, for they are well worth thought and study. The joys and ills of life are so graphically portrayed that one may almost hear the souls of many women weep in their pages. Many of their women you will find frail and erring, but the light of love shines through nearly all their mistakes, hallowing them, and whether they be beautifully human, or just inhumanly beautiful, they are always women.”
“Actors are prone to think too much of themselves and too much of the affairs of other people. Gossip and frivolity in the theatre have killed many a promising career. The first maxim I would teach all beginners on the stage is this, by Augustin Daly.
‘A sure way to Success—Mind your business:
A sure way to Happiness—Mind your own business!’