The Bed of Procrustes

Today, we mostly face the choice between those who write clearly about a subject they don’t understand and those who write poorly about a subject they don’t understand. –

You are alive in inverse proportion to the density of clichés in your writing.

You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.

Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing. –

sprezzatura.

The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free.

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. –

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

The most depressing aspect of the lives of the couples you watch surreptitiously arguing in restaurants is that they are almost always unaware of the true subject of argument. –