"Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book."
"The sand was littered with sunbathers laid out on towels, raw and pink and exposed, like sushi."
"The history of humanity is, to a very great extent, a history of violence."
Pulchritude — beauty where you would least suspect it, hidden in a word that looked like it should signify a belch or a skin infection.
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
