reaction isn't action - that is, it isn't truly creative.

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

it is through the ghost [writer] that the great gift of knowledge which the inarticulate have for the world can be made available.

Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth.

Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?

If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.

Whatever class and race divergences exist, top cats are tom cats.