Literature must spring from the deep and submerged humus of our life.
No art can develop until it penetrates deeply into the life of the people.
Memory in America suffers amnesia.
You can tell by looking at most people that the world remains a stone to them and a closed door.
Money is only money, beans tonight and steak tomorrow. So long as you can look yourself in the eye.
A good civilization gives the greatest possible scope to the common passions and makes them intelligible among the great number of people.