Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.
Jesse BallI have a very basic notion of the structure the book might have - that's mostly it. The rest is luck and happenstance.
Jesse BallThat would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!
Jesse Ball