There was a time when I was enamored of the Clintons. I knocked on doors, phone-banked and rallied during his campaign. Beth Broderick
Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. Rod Serling
The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy. Lionel Trilling
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. Niccolo Machiavelli
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. Gilbert Highet