As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor.

This is the power of the powerful to define, to structure, to say, 'This is the way the world works.' It's enormous power. Among the powers of the weak, I think the first one is the power not to believe the powerful.

a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.

Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.

Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.

If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.

those who despair of life are not long for it.