In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death

Art is not a democracy, in fact art is the enemy of democracy

A babble of words that no one understands now fills the airwaves, and language loses all meaning as we sink slowly, mindlessly, into herstory rather than history because most rapists are men, aren't they?

The New York Times is the worst in that hardly anybody can write English over there. Most of it reads like slight translations from the German.

Poor John Simon - what a nightmare, to wake up in the morning and realize that you are John Simon.

Before the cards that one is dealt by life are the cards that fate has dealt: one's family.

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.