Respect and fear are two different things.

I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but speculation, fascination.

Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting.

I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment?

Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family

Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.

Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times in which they were created. Unfortunately, previous eras and dead authors often used language or accepted as normal sentiments that we now find unacceptable.