"Our society like decadent Rome has turned into an amusement society with writers chief among the court jesters - not so much above the clatter as part of it."
- Saul Bellow
"I have always had a weakness for footnotes. For me a clever or a wicked footnote has redeemed many a text. And I see that I am now using a long footnote to open a serious subject - shifting in a quick..."
"Wie Gott in Frankreich'' was the expression used by the Jews of Eastern Europe to describe perfect happiness. I puzzled over this simile for many years, and I think I can interpret it now. God would b..."