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

Art and ideology often interact on each other; but the plain fact is that both spring from a common source. Both draw on human experience to explain mankind to itself; both attempt, in very different ways, to assemble coherence from seemingly unrelated phenomena; both stand guard for us against chaos.

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.

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

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.

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

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