The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.

I am interested in a hundred things, but only slightly.

Nature often seems like an idea that has had its day.

The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.

The plastic surgeon's knife slashes at time, which may seem to retreat, but then keeps on coming.

The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street.