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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.