Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist.

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.

Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.

I can see that spark coming back when he talks about the future.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.

3. There are bears and there are small dogs. Be strong like bear! If they take out your teeth, sit on the dogs. Bears always forget they can just sit on the dogs. Sit on the dogs.

There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.

There is nothing more rewarding than completing a goal you have set for yourself.

But you don't let true happiness slip out of your grasp without one helluva fight.

Not everyone is at the top of his or her game all the time - you can't be.

A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God.