An Analysis Of A Schoenberg's Piece Op. 08, As It Relates To The 20th Century ... What criteria should be used to select only one of them? Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was chosen mainly because his material is avaluable, and his selected piece to be commented is Op...
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver.
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)
I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
The only way therefore to try a piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounce it true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)