Generalization, especially risky generalization, is one of the chief methods by which — Joseph Epstein
For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery — Joseph Epstein
If geniuses can sometimes make mistakes, cannot the rest of us on occasion be geniuses? — Joseph Epstein
While reading writers of great formulatory power — Henry James, Santayana, Proust — I — Joseph Epstein