Kenneth TynanThinkers

Bop is the shorthand of jazz, an epigram made by defying the platitude of conventional harmony.

Cooking is a minor art. One can hardly imagine a hilarious souffle or a deeply moving stew.

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

The Disc jockey is a person who always talks like a cheeky son-in-law chatting up a mum-in-law.

Drama criticism is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening in the theatre.

A Dramatist is a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom.

George Bernard Shaw is the spinster aunt of English literature.

Hollywood is land of contrasts: where any day you can see the very rich rubbing shoulders with the rich.

Life is a bountiful murderer.

A Neurosis is a secret you don't know you're keeping.