The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

I know. In fact, I am never wrong.

THE VOICE OF SALOME:Ah! I have kissed thy mouth, Iokanaan, I have kissed thy mouth. There was a bitter taste on thy lips. Was it the taste of blood?... Nay; but perchance it was the taste of love... They say that love hath a bitter taste... But what matter? What matter? I have kissed thy mouth, Iokanaan, I have kissed thy mouth.

It was only in the theatre that I lived

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.