“Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”

“Like all good reputations... every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”

“To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”

“Can a story be good only if it produces an effect? If the effect is a bad one, but intended, has the story done its job? Is it then a good story? If the story produces an effect other than the intended one, is it then a bad story? Can a story be said to produce an effect at all? Can a story actually do anything at all? ”

“Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right”

“And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one must take it because it is right.”