Drama criticism ... is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening at the theatre.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you are keeping.

Show me a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom and I will show you the making of a dramatist.

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.

The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional.

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world.

All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer, to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.

I do not see the E.E.C. [European Economic Community] as a great love affair. It's more like nine middle aged couples with failing marriages meeting at a Brussels hotel for a group grope.

Don't leave yet, " he said, his voice hoarse. "Let me do something. Let me feed you. Hold you. Rub your shoulders. Change your oil. Anything, please.

Prayer is not itself powerful

Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible.

Evolution crawls to imperfection. It ends in extinction.

Racing is not what I like to do; it's winning.

They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.

Always laugh off a slight insult, so that people will understand what it means when you're not laughing.

War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort.

The danger of prosperity is that it encourages a false independence.