US "critic, author".
"He was a drama critic for "Time," 1938-61 and theater arts professor at Brandeis University; author of many novels, e.g., "The Grand Manner," 1929."
The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.
There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.
"In art, there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts."
One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
"Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty."