"Star Wars" is original and surprising. It is witty, not only in its comic dialogue, but in its ability to spoof itself and the science-fiction genre without going for the cheap laugh.

In the spirit of Ecclesiasticus (44:1), let us now praise famous men: specifically Frank Sinatra.

A book is sometimes the most difficult gift to offer, but often it is the most rich.

I station Beckett like Gotama, mid-table, and spread before him the Sunday comics.

What gives “Room” its originality and power is its vision of a mother and a child literally clinging together to each in a situation beyond our imagining.

Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth...