There's only one good test of pornography. Get twelve normal men to read the book, and then ask them, ''Did you get an erection?'' If the answer is ''Yes'' from a majority of the twelve, then the book is pornographic.

The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

One demands two things of a poem. Firstly, it must be a well-made verbal object that does honor to the language in which it is written. Secondly, it must say something significant about a reality common to us all, but perceived from a unique perspective. What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.

Composing mortals with immortal fire.

Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind.

The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten.

When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.