Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then if you must, make it laugh, make it cry, but above all never, never, never bore the living hell out of it.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.
I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.
But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home?
Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses.
Television is for appearing on, not looking at.
I’m not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
He’s completely unspoiled by failure.
She stopped the show – but then the show wasn’t traveling very fast.
I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age – which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.
It’s like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.
Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn’t everyone?
If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
I don’t believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.
There’s always something fishy about the French.
That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together.
I’ll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.
I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.