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I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.

Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture.

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.

I kind of treat myself like the audience. I don't like being lectured.

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other.

If I disagree with someone, I let them have their say and move on. I don't want to be the one to lecture.

Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

I learned that when something just has to be said to move the discussion along, or broaden it or deepen it, if I can just keep my mouth shut for five minutes a student will say it. So for me a lot of teaching is about keeping my mouth shut.

People, by and large, would rather be talking than listening.