Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense.
If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing. As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with irrational fear of life become publishers. The covers of this book are too far apart. Most rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.