W. Somerset Maugham
In this candid interview, Kurt Vonnegut was asked "What are the god-given talents a good writer has?".
Vonnegut responded with a scathing attack on academia saying "Well, good writers are unlikely to come from an English department"
Why? Academia imposes taste too early,… Show more
Literature not only illuminated another’s experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
List of authors:
Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Tropper
Nick Hornby
Moral speculation was puny compared to moral action. I finished my degree and headed back to the States. I was going to Yale for medical school.