May 27, 2007

Notebook

A sober thought from Chairman Oscar:

"The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is unread"

So said Oscar Wilde. Of course, one might also say these days that journalism is increasingly unread and literature increasingly unreadable.

27 May 2007 18:54:25 | Books, Newspapers, Notebook, O Tempora, O Mores

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