Literary Critics Make Natural Detectives.

It's A Terrible Poison, Writing.

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.

On Buses And Trains, I Always Think About The Inexhaustible Variety Of Human Genes. We See Types, And Occasionally Twins, But Never Doubles. All Faces Are Unique, And This Is Exhilarating, Despite The Increasingly Plastic Similarity Of Tv Stars And Actors.

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

Funny Way To Spend Your Life, Though, Studying Another Chap's Versifying.