Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

I think that first nights should come near the end of a play's run-as indeed, they often do.

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther.

Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss.