I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision.
Every kind of writing is hypocritical.
Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet
Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.