“I would as lief look upon a piece of pastrami-stained paper as on the face of Alfred Kazin.”
“Before, when I looked at a piece of blank paper my mind was filled with ideas. Now all I see is a blank piece of paper”
“Could man be drunk for ever With liquor, love, or fights,Lief should I rouse at morning And lief lie down of nights.But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts,And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts.”
“Do not look at the faces in the illustrated papers. Look at the faces in the street.”
“The power of a smile is such that even drawing a happy face on a piece of paper makes your lips turn up.”
“Pastrami on wheat.”