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.

Quote by Kenneth Tynan

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No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.

What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one...

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one...

As times change, you want to really revere your heredity, but you don't want to...

As times change, you want to really revere your heredity, but you don't want to...

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to...

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to...

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.

A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic...

A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic...

I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples' mothers. I have only a few...

I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples' mothers. I have only a few...

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

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

A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I...

A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I...

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is...

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is...

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never...

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never...

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my...

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

No one's ever happy with their position [in Hollywood]. You hear that from people you'd...

No one's ever happy with their position [in Hollywood]. You hear that from people you'd...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...