The Intellectuals' Chief Cause Of Anguish Are

[t]hat Is The Triumph Of History - Truth Absolute Is Not At Hand; The Original With Which To Match The Copy Does Not Exist.

Democracy, To Maintain Itself, Must Repeatedly Conquer Every Cell And Corner Of The Nation. How Many Of Our Public Institutions And Private Businesses, Our Schools, Hospitals, And Domestic Hearths Are In Reality Little Fascist States Where Freedom Of Speech Is More Rigorously Excluded Than Vermin?

Bad Writing, It Is Easily Verified, Has Never Kept Scholarship From Being Published.

The Danger That May Really Threaten (crime Fiction) Is That Soon There Will Be More Writers Than Readers

I Have Always Been - I Think Any Student Of History Almost Inevitably Is - A Cheerful Pessimist.