"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position of power over those who over up their work and their selves to our judgement."

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."

"You must be imaginative. You must try things that may not work, and you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul."

"If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead."

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist, that is all."

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."

"I can resist everything except temptation."

"Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital."