The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.', Henry James', British (US -born) author (1843 - 1916)

What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.', Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation, 1966', US author & critic (1933 - )

Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.', Samuel Taylor Coleridge', English critic & poet (1772 - 1834)

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.', J.B. Priestley',

Ninety percent of everything is crap.', Theodore Sturgeon', US science fiction author (1918 - 1985)