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

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

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

I do not see the E.E.C. [European Economic Community] as a great love affair. It's more like nine middle aged couples with failing marriages meeting at a Brussels hotel for a group grope.

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

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.

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