Genius is a power of the soul and that powers of the soul can be developed by everyone. (p. 8) - Northrop Frye

The "flow of information," which is mostly misinformation, is actually a presentation of myths. And people are increasingly rejecting the prescribed myths & developing their own counter-myths. (p. 97)

Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns.

If you haven't got an excremental vision you have no business setting up as a major satirist. (2:578-9)