An enamored amateur need not be a genius to stay out of the ruts he has never been trained in.

If our knowledge is, as I believe, only an island in an infinite sea of ignorance, how can we in our short lifetime find satisfaction in exploring our little island? How can we persuade ourselves to be exhilarated by our meager knowledge and yet not be discouraged by the ocean vistas?

An enamored amateur need not be a genius to stay out of the ruts he has never been trained in.

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

I write to discover what I think.

The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media.

Being known primarily for their well-knownness, celebrities intensify their celebrity images simply by becoming widely known for relations among themselves. By a kind of symbiosis, celebrities live off one another.