A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist.

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.

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

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

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

A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself.