Socrates ... did not write. It seems academically obvious that he perished because he did not publish!

Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.

If photography is to be likened to perception, this is not because the former is a natural process but because the latter is also coded.

When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.

Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion.

It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the pleasures of the palate, and preparing means anticipating.

It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.