The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.
Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.
Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.
He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.
