“The sooner the gardener loses certain kinds of innocence the better, and there is no better place to begin than with the weather.”

“All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one.”

“The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma”

“It was better to know the worst than to wonder.”

“Better a soulless clone... than a souled roach.”

“Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction”

“America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter or musician. To be a rabbit is better still.”