“Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. ”
“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
“Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.”
“One of the most helpful tools a writer has is his journals. Whenever someone asks how to become an author, I suggest keeping a journal.”
“The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.”
“In the economies of late capitalism leisure displaces labor, consumption displaces production, and commodities become the instruments of leisure, identity, and social relations.”