Anthony Trollope

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.

I've seen 'Hamlet' many times, and Hamlet, he was just a hideous neurotic; he never changes. He doubts - all the way to the end, all the way until when he dies, he doubts.