Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

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

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

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.

The unique thing about Margaret Rutherford is that she can act with her chin alone. Among its many moods I especially cherish the chin commanding, the chin in doubt, and the chin at bay.

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

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.