The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

The simplest questions are the hardest to answer.

Separatism is a very healthy movement within culture. It's a disastrous movement within politics and economics.

The tremendous efficiency and economy of the book has once again demonstrated itself. It's the world's most patient medium.

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

Those who are concerned with the arts are often asked questions, not always sympathetic ones, about the use or value of what they are doing. It is probably impossible to answer such questions directly, or at any rate to answer the people who ask them.