Saul Bellow

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclo- pedia of cliches the first prize.

Kłopot prasy polega na tym, że nic co normalne, nie jest interesujące.