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.

We shall be judged by what we do, not by how we felt while we were doing it.

The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.

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 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 novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one.

The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society.