• A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.

    Edith Evans: A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.
    "Dame Edith Evans, Ned's girl". Book by Bryan Forbes, Chapter 13, 1977.