The Melancholy Thing About The World Is

In A Way My Reputation Has Become That Of The Curmudgeon.

This Is Unusual For Me. I Have Given Readings And Not Lectures. I Have Told People Who Ask For Lectures That I Have No Lecture To Give. And That Is True.

Most People Are Not Really Free. They Are Confined By The Niche In The World That They Carve Out For Themselves. They Limit Themselves To Fewer Possibilities By The Narrowness Of Their Vision.

I Had No Student Friends To Talk To About Literature. My Tutor Was A Really Nice Man, Very Charming - But He Had No Literary Judgment.

Judgment Is Contained In The Act Of Trying To Understand.