The unfed mind devours itself.

Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

Since the individual's desire to dominate his environment is not a desirable trait in a society which every day grows more and more confining, the average man must take to daydreaming.

Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.

Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself is not the criticism.

I don't deny or affirm anything. I'm not very personal.