"In soloing—as in other activities—it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. Almost every beginner hops off with a whoop of joy, though he is likely to end his flight with something akin to the D.T.'s."

"The media themselves are the avant-garde of our society. Avant-garde no longer exists in painting, music and poetry, it's the media themselves."

"It needs to be acknowledged that the cause of democracy has been served by enlightened thinkers and leaders from various parts of the world, whose efforts resulted in definitive progress of enduring s…"

"Narrating incredible things as though they were real—old system; narrating realities as though they were incredible—the new."

"Could I new-model Nature, your sex should rule supreme, there should be no other ambition but that of pleasing the ladies, no other warfare but the contention of obsequious lovers, nor any glory but t…"