James Agate — British Critic born on September 09, 1877, died on June 06, 1947

James Evershed Agate was a British diarist and critic. In the period between the wars, he was one of Britain's most influential theatre critics. After working in his father's business until his late twenties he found his way into journalism, being on the staff of The Manchester Guardian; drama critic for The Saturday Review, and The Sunday Times, and holding the same post for the BBC... (wikipedia)

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.
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.