The Test Of A Work Of Art

Be Suspicious Of People Who Have, Or Crave, Power. Never, Ever Go Near Power. Don't Become Friends With Anyone Who Has Real Power. It's Dangerous.

You Have Not Yet Learned That In This Life You Have To Be Like Everyone Else: The Perfect Mediocrity--no Better, No Worse. Individuality Is A Monster And It Must Be Strangled In Its Cradle To Make Our Friends Feel Comfortable.

The Test Of A Work Of Art Is, In The End, Our Affection For It, Not Our Ability To Explain Why It Is Good.

In His Essay On The Uncanny, Das Unheimliche, Freud Said That The Uncanny Is The Only Feeling Which Is More Powerfully Experienced In Art Than In Life. If The Horror Genre Required Any Justification, I Should Think This Alone Would Serve As Its Credentials.

Private Joker Is Silly And He's Ignorant But He's Got Guts And Guts Is Enough.