“There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.”
“I dislike a great deal of contemporary poetry — all of the past you read is usually quite great — but it is a useful thorn to have in one's side.”
“The freedom of growing older is that one is no longer obliged to dislike someone simply because they dislike you.”
“Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself--”
“I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to dislike them for other reasons.”
“To dislike a writer’s politics is one thing. To dislike him because he forces you to think is another, not necessarily incompatible with the first.”