I Actually Didn't Listen To The Beatles

Every Artist, Writers Included, Have An Ethics And An Aesthetics, Whether They Can Formulate Them Or Not. I Happen To Think That It Is Good To Be Able To Formulate - It Is Good To Know What You Are Doing And To Be Able To Talk About It.

I've Never Had A Stupid Student In My Life. I Never Look Down On My Students. I Never Thought, "look At These People." I Might Argue With Them And I Think That Some Of Them Might Have Misconceptions - That They Might Be Infected By The Intellectual Laziness That Is The Foundation Of American Popular Culture, And Of Capitalism, If You Wish. But Part Of My Job As A Teacher Is To Work With That - Against That.

I Wish I Could Avoid The People Who Have Threatened Me. My Favorite Threat Is That I Will Be Thrown In The River Miljacka, Which Is At Most Knee-deep, With My Feet Bound In Cement.

When I Found Myself In The U.s., And The War Was At Full Swing In Bosnia, I Read For Survival - It Was A Means Of Thought Resuscitation.

You Don't Want Your Neurosurgeon To Have Doubts About The Meaning Of It All While He Or She Is Operating On Your Brain.