Yukio Mishima

Nothing, in fact, is so strange as the glorification of the verbal arts.  Seeming at first glance to strive after universality, in fact they concern themselves with subtle ways of betraying the fundamental function of words, which is to be universally applicable.  The glorification of individual style in literature signifies precisely that.  The epic poems of ancient times are, perhaps, an exception, but every literary work with its author's name standing at its head is no more than a beautiful "perversion of words."