Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. |
Keep violence in the mind where it belongs |
Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. |
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay. |
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults. |
Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name. |