I write books to find out about things.

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Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.

Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a...

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a...

Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill...

Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill...