Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap