I Don't Write Drafts. I Write From

A Scholar Can Hardly Be Better Employed Than In Destroying A Fear.

I Think The American University System Still Seems To Be The Best System In The World

I've Often Been Accused Of Making Anthropology Into Literature, But Anthropology Is Also Field Research. Writing Is Central To It.

[culture] Denotes An Historically Transmitted Pattern Of Meanings Embodied In Symbols, A System Of Inherited Conceptions Expressed In Symbolic Forms, By Means Of Which Men Communicate, Perpetuate, And Develop Their Knowledge About And Attitudes Toward Life.

Anthropology Never Has Had A Distinct Subject Matter, And Because It Doesn't Have A Real Method, There's A Great Deal Of Anxiety Over What It Is