Literature Usually Begets Literature.

Most Of My Reading Is Rereading.

The Most Potent Elements In A Work Of Art Are, Often, Its Silences.

Interpretation Is The Revenge Of The Intellect Upon Art. Even More. It Is The Revenge Of The Intellect Upon The World. To Interpret Is To Impoverish, To Deplete The World -- In Order To Set Up A Shadow World Of ''meanings.''

[on Marriage:] It Is An Institution Committed To The Dulling Of The Feelings.

Attention Is Vitality. It Connects You With Others. It Makes You Eager. Stay Eager.