Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works.

To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client; still, one must make the best of the case, for t…

Writers take words seriously-perhaps the last professional class that does- and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and…

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.