Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.

Spontaneity comes after skill, not before.

Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

We make some changes. But mostly changes make us.

The more knowledge, the clearer what the doubts are.

Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.