Every human society possesses a mythology which is inherited, transmitted and diversified by literature.

I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.

Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study.

One doesn't bother to believe the credible: the credible is believed already, by definition. There's no adventure of the mind.

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

Read Blake or go to hell, that's my message to the modern world.

[Science fiction is] a mode of romance with a strong inherent tendency to myth.