Show me a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom and I will show you the making of a dramatist.

What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.

Among the classic tastes: bread sauce, Nuits St Georges Les Perdrix 1962, Worcestershire sauce, Toblerone and Bovril.

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

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

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

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.