Kenneth Tynan

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.