Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

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

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

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart read more

There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.