American Critics Are Like American Universities. They

Progress Is A Set Of Assumptions.

To A Certain Extent I Imagine A Play Is Completely Finished In My Mind - In My Case, At Any Rate - Without My Knowing It, Before I Sit Down To Write.

Art Is Nowhere Near As Dangerous As It Should Be.

Art Has An Obligation To Offend

When A Critic Sets Himself Up As An Arbiter Of Morality, A Judge Of The Matter And Not The Manner Of A Work, He Is No Longer A Critic; He Is A Censor.