Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.

Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that every critic requires.

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

Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in love.

There are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group.

When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.