Generalization, especially risky generalization, is one of the chief methods by which knowledge proceeds... Safe generalizations are usually rather boring. Delete that "usually rather." Safe generalizations are quite boring.
Joseph EpsteinWhat distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.
Joseph EpsteinFor me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery
Joseph Epstein