He Who Cannot Howl Will Not Find

A 'truth' Detached And Purified Of Pleasures Of Ordinary Life Is Not Worth A Damn In My View. Every Grand Theory And Noble Sentiment Ought To Be First Tested In The Kitchen-and Then In Bed, Of Course.

When People Ask Me How To Find Happiness In Life I Tell Them, First Learn How To Cook.

Wanted: A Needle Swift Enough To Sew This Poem Into A Blanket.

Roberto Calasso's Survey Of The Renewed Interest In Myth Demonstrates How Decisive The Gods' Influence Was On Modern Literature. Calasso Is Not Only Immensely Learned; He Is One Of The Most Original Thinkers And Writers We Have Today.

To Submit To Chance Is To Reveal The Self And Its Obsessions.