'All very fine, Mary; but my old-fashioned common sense is better than your clever modern nonsense.'

'There are some men who are considered quite ugly, but who are more remarkable than pretty people. You often see that in artists.'

'If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling. Corrupt successes, disgrace…

'The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses…

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it.

The wisdom of our ancestors.