We are destroying all esthetic standards in the name of social justice.

One breaks into the canon only by aesthetic strength.

Read deeply, not to believe, not to accept, not to contradict, but to learn to share in that one nature that writes and reads.

You know, I don't want to be offensive. But 'Infinite Jest' [regarded by many as Wallace's masterpiece] is just awful. It seems ridiculous to have to say it. He can't think, he can't write. There's no discernible talent.