“One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.” AbleReadingEffortGreaterReaderActivityRangeProportion Author:Mortimer Adler
“Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer.” HumansLiteratureMoralDutyReaderActivityMassConcernRemainsCriticsEngagedEthicalIndispensableHuman ActivityVolitionBusybodies Author:Gao Xingjian
“Even non-commercial media rely on transferring cost to users through licence fees, donations from listeners, viewers, or readers, or grants from companies and foundations that have wrestled their funds from the public in some form of earlier commercial activity.” FormCompanyMediaReaderCostActivityFoundationRelyFundGrantsUsersListenersViewersFeesDonation Author:Robert G. Picard