We have had, alas, and still have, the doubtful habit of reverence. Above all, we respect things as they are.
Cynthia OzickHe who cries, 'What do I care about universality? I only know what is in me,' does not know even that.
Cynthia OzickEvery writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.
Cynthia Ozick