Author: Helen Hayes

Quotes

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

- Helen Hayes

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

- Helen Hayes

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.

- Helen Hayes

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

- Helen Hayes

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

- Helen Hayes

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

- Helen Hayes

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

- Helen Hayes

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

- Helen Hayes

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

- Helen Hayes

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