Who said “Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.”?

“Remarks are not literature.”

“Literature is news that stays news.”

“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”

“A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.”

“People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.”

“Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.”

“Many plays — certainly mine — are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.”

“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”

“It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.”

“The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.”

“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.”