Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers to crunch as if they are dogs.

Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.

A hack writer who would not have been considered fourth rate in Europe."(on Mark Twain)

What a man Balzac would have been if he had known how to write.

A village explainer. Excellent if you were a village, but if you were not, not."(on Ezra Pound)

An indoor man eats nothing, except that which is prepared and served by his mother with lots of insults, an outdoor man eats that which he buys, prepares, served and eaten with lots of respect.