Genius: The Ability To Prolong One's Childhood.

I Am Against Slavery Simply Because I Dislike Slaves.

What Is Too Often Forgotten Is That Nature Obviously Intends The Botched To Die, And That Every Interference With That Benign Process Is Full Of Dangers.

There Is In Writing The Constant Joy Of Sudden Discovery, Of Happy Accident.

The Public, With Its Mob Yearning To Be Instructed, Edified And Pulled By The Nose, Demands Certainties; It Must Be Told Definitely And A Bit Raucously That This Is True And That Is False. But There Are No Certainties.

It Is Impossible To Imagine Goethe Or Beethoven Being Good At Billiards Or Golf.