Never assume the obvious is true.

I think we have a need to know what we do not need to know.

I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Adjective salad is delicious, with each element contributing its individual and unique flavor; but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy.

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.