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I Abide By A Rule Concerning Reviews: I Will Never Ask, Neither In Writing Nor In Person, That A Word Be Put In About My Book.... One Feels Cleaner This Way. When Someone Asks That His Book Be Reviewed He Risks Running Up Against A Vulgarity Offensive To Authorial Sensibilities.

It Is Depressing To Hear The Unfortunate Or Dying Man Jest.

The More Simply We Look At Ticklish Questions, The More Placid Will Be Our Lives And Relationships.

Country Acquaintances Are Charming Only In The Country And Only In The Summer. In The City In Winter They Lose Half Of Their Appeal.

An Artist Observes, Selects, Guesses, And Synthesizes.