James Agate

“My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made.”

“Shaw's plays are the price we pay for Shaw's prefaces.”

“I don't know very much but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it…My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made.”

“Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.”

“Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.”

“New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.”