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

It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theater from inarticulate glumness.

The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.

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

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.

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.

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