The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists. Can you imagine a Beethoven making $100, 000 a year?
H. L. MenckenOur literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.
H. L. MenckenThe most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.
H. L. Mencken