When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people.

Now of all the idealist abominations that make society pestiferous I doubt if there be any so mean as that of forcing self-sacrifice on a woman under the pretense that she likes it.

All dress is fancy dress, is it not, except our natural skins?

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

Every profession is a conspiracy against the laity.

The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed.