The unique thing about Margaret Rutherford is that she can act with her chin alone. Among its many moods I especially cherish the chin commanding, the chin in doubt, and the chin at bay.

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.

Reform is born of need not pity.

Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.

I guess the kid had everything but the luck.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

You're birthday reminds me of the old Chinese scholar..... Yung No Mo

Lies! All lies! You're all lying against my boys!

Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.

If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.

I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.