First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he read more

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worries and only half the royalties.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

Literature is mostly about sex and not much about having children; and life is the other way around.

Literature is mostly about sex and not much about having children; and life is the other way around.

Perish those who said our good things before we did.

Perish those who said our good things before we did.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your read more

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.