For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. – Clifton Fadiman
When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. – Clifton Fadiman
Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. – Clifton Fadiman
To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. – Clifton Fadiman
Most modern science fiction went to school on Dune. Even Harry Potter with its boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion. – Gary Ross