I Convinced Her That Her First Loyalty

I Don't Accept The Idea That Literature Can Be Just Entertainment And That There Is No Consequences Of Literature In The Real World.

Whether Religious Or Racial, Anti-semitism Is Always Repugnant, One Of The Most Destructive Manifestations Of Human Stupidity And Evil. What Is Profoundly Expressed In It Is Man's Traditional Mistrust Of The Man Who Is Not Part Of His Tribe, That 'other' Who Speaks A Different Language, Whose Skin Is A Different Color, And Who Participates In Mysterious Rites And Rituals.

The Truths That Seem Most Truthful, If You Look At Them From All Sides, If You Look At Them Close Up, Turn Out To Be Either Half Truths Or Lies.

Literature Is A Form Of Permanent Insurrection. Its Mission Is To Arouse, To Disturb, To Alarm, To Keep Men In A Constant State Of Dissatisfaction With Themselves.

A Novel Which Persuades Us Of Its Truth Is True However Full Of Lies It May Be