George Henry Lewes

Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.

Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.

The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.