Someone — Cyril Connolly? Ezra

I Think The Story Is My Form.

While Reading Writers Of Great Formulatory Power — Henry James, Santayana, Proust — I Find I Can Scarcely Get Through A Page Without Having To Stop To Record Some Lapidary Sentence. Reading Henry James, For Example, I Have Muttered To Myself, "c’mon, Henry, Turn Down The Brilliance A Notch, So I Can Get Some Reading Done." I May Be One Of A Very Small Number Of People Who Have Developed Writer’s Cramp While Reading.

Not To Like Ice Cream Is To Show Oneself Uninterested In Food.

One Of The Pleasures Of Being A Jew, I Don't Have To Tell You, It Allows You Anti-semitism.

One Serious Drawback About Letters Is That, In Order To Get Them, One Must Send Some Out. When It Comes To The Mail, I Feel It Is Better To Receive Than To Give.