You Do Too Much. Go And Do

If You Believe, As The Greeks Did, That Man Is At The Mercy Of The Gods, Then You Write Tragedy. The End Is Inevitable From The Beginning. But If You Believe That Man Can Solve His Own Problems And Is At Nobody's Mercy, Then You Will Probably Write Melodrama.

A Man Should Be Jailed For Telling Lies To The Young.

Unjust. How Many Times I've Used That Word, Scolded Myself With It. All I Mean By It Now Is That I Don't Have The Final Courage To Say That I Refuse To Preside Over Violations Against Myself, And To Hell With Justice.

Most People Coming Out Of War Feel Lost And Resentful. What Had Been A Minute-to-minute Confrontation With Yourself, Your Struggle With What Courage You Have Against Discomfort, At The Least, And Death At The Other End, Ties You To The People You Have Known In The War And Makes For A Time Others Seem Alien And Frivolous.

Intellectuals Can Tell Themselves Anything, Sell Themselves Any Bill Of Goods, Which Is Why They Were So Often Patsies For The Ruling Classes In 19th-century France And England, Or 20th-century Russia And America.