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

Drama criticism ... is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening at the theatre.

How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.

The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional.

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

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.

William Congreve is the only sophisticated playwright England has produced; and like Shaw, Sheridan, and Wilde, his nearest rivals, he was brought up in Ireland.