John Lahr Quotes

'Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America. — John Lahr

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

I know in an existential sense that life can change on a dime ... something has instantly and inexorably changed in American life. — John Lahr

I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic! — John Lahr

His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg. — John Lahr

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising. — John Lahr

A cruel critic has never made anything; his glibness is a way of inflicting his emptiness on others. — John Lahr

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents. — John Lahr

Criticism is a life without risk. — John Lahr

I go to the theatre expecting to have a good time. I want each play and performance to take me somewhere. Naturally, this doesn't always happen. — John Lahr

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together. — John Lahr

Nobody has ever gone broke selling escape to the American public. — John Lahr