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I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

One of the things that writing and speech can do is express what we're thinking one thought at a time.

The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.