Everywhere I go, Im asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they dont stifle enough of them. Theres many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. – Flannery OConnor
A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. – Katharine Butler Hathaway
