For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much — if he lives and uses that in hand day by day — shall be full to running over. – Edgar Cayce
The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience. – James T. Farrell
Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements. – J. G. Ballard
