Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.

What grape to keep its place in the sun, taught our ancestors to make wine?

The shock, for an intelligent writer, of discovering for the first time that there are people younger than himself who think him stupid is severe.

We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.

From now on - specialize; never again make any concession to the ninety-nine percent of you which is like everyon else at the expense of the one percent which is unique.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of charm.

We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.