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Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid.

I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'

People sometimes think I'm sort of all-knowing.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.

When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.