“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

“Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

“And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened.”

“Big flashy things have my name written all over them. Well... not yet, give me time and a crayon.”

“Yet do not miss the moral, my good men.For Saint Paul says that all that’s written wellIs written down some useful truth to tell.Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.”