Tell Me How Much A Nation Knows

If A Man Means His Writing Seriously, He Must Mean To Write Well. But How Can He Write Well Until He Learns To See What He Has Written Badly. His Progress Toward Good Writing And His Recognition Of Bad Writing Are Bound To Unfold At Something Like The Same Rate.

Fermentation Equals Civilization.

The Reader Deserves An Honest Opinion. If He Doesn't Deserve It, Give It To Him Anyhow.

Conviction Is Possible Only In A World More Primitive Than Ours Can Be Perceived To Be. A Man Can Achieve A Simply Gnomic Conviction Only By Ignoring The Radical Describers Of His Environment, Or By Hating Them, As Convinced Men Have Hated, Say, Darwin And Freud, As Agents Of Some Devil.

You Don't Have To Suffer To Be A Poet; Adolescence Is Enough Suffering For Anyone.