A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Opening Night: The night before the play is ready to open.

It may be said that artist and censor differ in this wise: that the first is a decent mind in an indecent body and that the second is an indecent mind in a decent body.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

The dramatic critic who is without prejudice is on the plane with the general who does not believe in taking human life.