"Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor."

“Salt is the difference between eating in Technicolor and eating in black and white.”

Source : "I know salt's unhealthy - but love it" by Jay Rayner, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2012.

“I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else”

“My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were never produced out of nothing. The consequence is, that every part of me will serve to make something in the world; and this again will change into another part through an infinite succession of change. This constant method of alteration gave me my being, and my father before me, and so on to eternity backward: for I think I may speak thus, even though the world be confined within certain determinate periods.”

“Capitalism is destroying the earth.”

“My performances may have elements that some may find entertaining, but that's not my main purpose.”

“I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than an actual course in which you learn writing skills. This support group is extremely important because there is something very lonely about writing.”

“More idiots should just shut their mouths.”

“True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.”

Source : Henry James (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry James (Illustrated)”, p.159, Delphi Classics