Facts about James Agate

"Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act"

"Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever"

"Shaw's plays are the price we pay for Shaw's prefaces"

"New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time"

"My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made"