Ivor Novello

The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.