Art Does Not Exist For Politics, Or

History, Writing, Infect After A Time A Man's Sense Of Himself.

Narrative Is One Of The Best Intoxicants Or Tranquilisers.

The Reading Eye Must Do The Work To Make Them Live, And So It Did, Again And Again, Never The Same Life Twice, As The Artist Had Intended.

Human Beings Love Stories Because They Safely Show Us Beginnings, Middles And Ends.

A Surprising Number Of People - Including Many Students Of Literature - Will Tell You They Haven't Really Lived In A Book Since They Were Children.