The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.

Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

How did Haydn and Mozart produce such vast quantities of formally perfect art? They worked from a perfect formula. In music, Beethoven was the Great Emancipator.

Spartacus, like Jesus, was also crucified by the Romans. And for equally good reasons.

Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.

In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty.

War? The one war I'd be happy to join is the war against officers.