Walter Kerr

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

“An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.”

“A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.”

“To be an actor you have to be a child.”

“Whatever is beguilingly mysterious is resonant with possibility.”

“Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.”

“The theater is a communal event, an act of faith, a single passionate experience.”

“A play is a passion, and it is the passion that creates the words.”

“Criticism is the art of praise.”

“If you can't get a laugh out of a name, you're not a comic.”

“The audience is the final collaborator.”

“We read a play, we act a play, we review a play, but we don't see a play. We see a performance.”