Noel Coward
Noel Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Cowardwas an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth16 December 1899
best loves somebody
But it must be somebody who loves you. The best was my father, or Harry.
age age-and-aging endure expensive four horse love months refuse rocking
I refuse to endure months of expensive humiliation only to be told that at the age of four I was in love with my rocking horse
achieved bad days dearly direction drive elderly happy inside lack love man moments natural occupation resilience rest sleeps stick unhappy willing
He sleeps and sleeps, and the days go by, ... I love him dearly and for ever, but this lack of drive in any direction is a bad augury for the future. I am willing and happy to look after him for the rest of my life, but he must do something. If only he would take up some occupation and stick to it. I know that he is unhappy inside but, alas, with his natural resilience these moments of self-revelation dissipate and on go the years, and he will be an elderly man who has achieved nothing at all.
heavy hours touching
I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
acting theatre states
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be.
love country peace
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.
vegetables green overrated
I also avoid green vegetables. They're grossly overrated.
friendship want remember
There isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want.
intellectual shots has-beens
He must have been an incredibly good shot.
dog sleep mad
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun; The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to; Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one, But Englishmen detest a siesta.
stars knights play
Of course, the age-old tradition that a star must appear even if he or she is practically dying is an excellent one, but it can be carried too far. I one played a performance of The Knight of the Burning Pestle with a temperature of 103 and gave sixteen members of the company mumps, thereby closing the play and throwing everybody out of work. There may be a moral lurking somewhere in this, but I cannot for the life of me discover what it is.
eight mad theatre
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.
thinking years play
It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad matinee in Hull - it will teach you much more than a year of careful instruction. Come to think of it, I never did play to a good matinee in Hull . . .
marriage aftermath
Marriage is the aftermath of love.