A Real Book Is Not One That

Pleasure Is By No Means An Infallible Critical Guide, But It Is The Least Fallible.

Cats Can Be Very Funny, And Have The Oddest Ways Of Showing They're Glad To See You.

There Is A Certain Kind Of Person Who Is So Dominated By The Desire To Be Loved For Himself Alone That He Has Constantly To Test Those Around Him By Tiresome Behavior; What He Says And Does Must Be Admired, Not Because It Is Intrinsically Admirable, But Because It Is His Remark, His Act. Does Not This Explain A Good Deal Of Avant-garde Art?

Civilizations Should Be Measured By The Degree Of Diversity Attained And The Degree Of Unity Retained.

But If A Stranger In The Train Asks Me My Occupation, I Never Answer "writer" For Fear That He May Go On To Ask Me What I Write, And To Answer "poetry" Would Embarrass Us Both, For We Both Know That Nobody Can Earn A Living Simply By Writing Poetry.