A Tuesday Quote

Alfred Kazin (1915-1998) was one of the best known literary critics of the mid-twentieth century, one of the so-called "New York Intellectuals" who shaped much of the public discourse of that period. Here's something he wrote that I kind of like:

"To write is in some way to cut the seemingly
automatic pattern to violence, destructiveness
and death wish. To write is to put the seeming
insignificance of human existence into a
different perspective. It is the need, the
wish, and please God, the ability, to
reorder our physical faith."