Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case it would be bad literature; in the latter good.

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.

If there's one thing I can't bear, it's people who are wise during the event.

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself

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.

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.

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