As sympathy broadens, it also shallows.
Jun 282013
Jun 272013
A grudging willingness to admit error does not suffice; you have to cultivate a taste for it.
Jun 262013
The great American creeps are Poe and Whitman, and the great American bores are Emerson and Hemingway.
Jun 252013
First you do not write what you think, then you do not say what you think, and finally you do not think what you think.
Jun 242013
There is no book everyone should read, no music everyone should hear, no movie everyone should watch.
Jun 212013
Dark motives lurk where independent beliefs cluster.
Jun 202013
If you must be stupid, at least be lazy.
Jun 192013
The less you are contradicted, the stupider you become. The more powerful you become, the less you are contradicted.
Jun 182013
No novel can contain a character more intelligent than its author.
Jun 172013
It is rarer to know when to think than how.