I Have Reached The Point Where I

There Can Never Be Any Substitute For Your Own Palate Nor Any Better Education Than Tasting The Wine Yourself.

Being A Professor And Working Are Not The Same Thing. The Academic Community Is Composed Largely Of Nitwits. If I May Generalize. People Who Don't Know Very Much About What Matters Very Much, Who View Life Through Literature Rather Than The Other Way Around.

Has Anyone Ever Told You," I Said, "that You Coalesce Reality?" "no. They Only Say That I'm Good In The Sack." "they Are Accurate But Limited," I Said. "and If You Give Me Their Names I'll Kill Them.

I Needed To Find My Way To Write. I Need About Six Hours Of Uninterrupted Time In Order To Produce About Two Hours Of Writing, And When I Accepted That And Found The Way To Do It, Then I Was Able To Write.

It's Tempting To Say The Ph.d. Didn't Have An Effect, But It's Not So. I Think Whatever Resonance I May Be Able To Achieve Is In Part Simply From The Amount Of Reading And Learning That I Acquired Along The Way