“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”

Noël Coward

“If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the p...”

Noël Coward

“[On the phone] My dear Jim's dead...No dear, he jumped off Waterloo Bridge - Yes, the one next to Charing Cross - No, no, no that's Blackfriars.”

Noël Coward

“Hollywood is a place where some people lie on the beach and look up at the stars, whereas other people lie on the stars and look down at the beach.”

Noël Coward

“I love criticism as long as it is unqualified praise.”

Noël Coward