Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.
Mary McCarthy quote Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
Mary McCarthy quote A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.
Mary McCarthy quote In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.
Mary McCarthy quote I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.
Mary McCarthy quote In violence, we forget who we are
Mary McCarthy quote Biography
1912-89, US novelist and critic
