Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

Quotes from Mao, Castro, and Che Guevara... are as germane to our highly technological, computerized society as a stagecoach on read more

Quotes from Mao, Castro, and Che Guevara... are as germane to our highly technological, computerized society as a stagecoach on a jet runway at Kennedy airport.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.