Every Dogma Has Its Day.

There Is, In Fact, Not Much Point In Writing A Novel Unless You Can Show The Possibility Of Moral Transformation, Or An Increase In Wisdom, Operating In Your Chief Character Or Characters.

The Important Thing Is Moral Choice. Evil Has To Exist Along With Good, In Order That Moral Choice May Operate. Life Is Sustained By The Grinding Opposition Of Moral Entities.

Rome's Just A City Like Anywhere Else. A Vastly Overrated City, I'd Say. It Trades On Belief Just As Stratford Trades On Shakespeare.

The Possession Of A Book Becomes A Substitute For Reading It.

A Character, To Be Acceptable As More Than A Chess Piece, Has To Be Ignorant Of The Future, Unsure About The Past, And Not At All Sure Of What He's Supposed To Be Doing.