The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.

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

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

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.

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

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