“Coming to New York from the muted mistiness of London, as I regularly do, is like travelling from a monochrome antique shop to a technicolor bazaar.”

“A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.”

“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.”

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

“What when drunk one sees in other women one sees in Garbo sober.”

“All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer - to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.”