Maude Adams

You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.

You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do read more

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.