First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

I would live to study, and not study to live.

I would live to study, and not study to live.

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.

When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he read more

When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he was born for literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.