“...true authority is not based on control - it's based on truth...”

“...each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority?' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then you are without excuse...”

“...Moonlight possesses no alchemy to transmute good motives to base, but it does excite love magic...”

“...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...”

“...people quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression...”

“...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....”

“...I'm a modern mountebank - I believe in Physiognomy - after all, we are in control of our face - it's the map of where we've been...”