Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.

Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great.

The critics say that Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony has no form. They are wrong; it has the form of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony.

Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.

I am an enemy of the State. But isn't everyone?

England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.

Though I've lived in the rural West most of my life, I never once fell in love with a horse. Not once. Neither end.