Quotes by John Lahr

“Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.”

“His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg.”

“Wilsons output and quality have been extraordinary.”

“At least six of the plays in Wilsons series are, I think, first rate, and one, Joe Turners Come and Gone, is a masterpiece.”

“It has the look of the avant-garde, but the heart of a Hollywood production. Its the ultimate expression of business art. ... You leave the theater and they guide you right into the store.”

Identity is memory; when memory disappears, the self dissolves and love with it.

Did you come of age in those sweet summers of the early nineteen-sixties, when the airwaves were full of rock and rolls doo-wop promise of joy and the nation was full of J.F.K.s eloquent promise of a New Frontier? I did. Life seemed to be laid out before us like a banquet; everything was for the taking, especially hearts.

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.