"Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden." — Karl Kraus

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.