Russell Lynes

“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.”

“A snob is that man or woman who is always pretending to be something better -- socially, intellectually, culturally -- than he or she really is.”

“A lively art of scandal is indicative of a healthy society.”

“Leisure is the handmaiden of the arts.”

“The high-brow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.”

“It is the middle-brow who is the pillar of society, and he is a good deal more of a man than the high-brow.”

“People who believe that they are not snobs are snobs.”

“There is an immense distinction between the social snob and the intellectual snob.”

“You can't be a critic by simply being a griper.”

“There is no snob like a born-again snob.”