Every work of art is a trick by which the artist manipulates appearances.

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.

On the one hand, I have wanted to supply documentation on myself by including material relevant to my emotions and ideas in my youth; and, on the other, not to let myself down by publishing inferior material. My poetry comes under the latter head. My only advice to the reader is to skip any verse that he sees coming.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

The Jew lends himself easily to Communism because it enables him to devote himself to a high cause, involving all of humanity, characteristics which are natural to him as a Jew.

If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Every work of art is a trick by which the artist manipulates appearances.