The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
“Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply.”
“Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.”