Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

This book fills a much-needed gap.

This book fills a much-needed gap.

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is read more

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.