“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”
“Cited by the author of 'Lucky Jim' as one of the most dismal depressing questions in the English language: "Shall we go straight in?”
“Orientalism is after all a system for citing works and authors . __ Orientalism”
“never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral.”
“There is no good or bad author; there is only one kind of an author, that who connects with the readers.”
“There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!”