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.

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.

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.

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

A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you are keeping.

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

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.