"[seeing Norman drunk] Mr. Maine is feeling no pain!"

"I can remember my first job singing with the band. And then one night stands clear across country by bus. Putting on …"

"He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too…"

"[to Esther] You've got that little something extra that Ellen Terry talked about. Ellen Terry, a great actress long b…"

"Listen to me, Esther, a career is a curious thing. Talent isn't always enough. You need a sense of timing - an eye fo…"

"You know, Oliver, I sometimes think I was born with a genius - an absolute genius - for doing the wrong thing."

"I shall have to introduce myself all over again to a lot of people. They won't know me when I'm not drinking."

"If you'll be kind enough to glance between my shoulder blades, Mr. and Mrs. Gubbins, you'll find there a knife buried…"

"[to Vicki] Sympathy? That's not what you're getting from me, baby. You don't deserve it. You're a great monument to N…"

"The applause of the world -- and then this!"