I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic!

When Elvis made his mass-media debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - his notorious gyrations filmed only from the waist up - I fell off the family chaise longue with delight.

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg.

Criticism is a life without risk.

Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the golden age of the twentieth century.

Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.

Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.

Although the 'New York Times' annually declares that Broadway is on its deathbed, news of its demise is greatly exaggerated. There's a lot of life yet in the old tart.

Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.

The man on the top of the hierarchy has created social fear in order for us to accept him as the leader.

If they ever turn, let them chase me for a while. It’s always been afantasy of mine to be chased by zombie cheerleaders.

She had always been comforted by confectionery

We need to confront the life-killing stereotype that says we're all about suffering. We need to bear witness to our pleasures.

Dressing is a pleasure; clothes are not a joke.

I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.

Just because you’re a Believer, doesn’t mean your safe from the Hell-fire.

I think my songwriting has developed over the years. As I get older, I have become less afraid to share real experiences.

Nothing but heaven is impregnable to vice.