I'm not one of those James Joyce intellectuals who can stand back and look at the whole edifice... It was a slow process for me to just crawl out of it, like a snake leaving his skin behind.

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The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.

The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into...

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into...

We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my...

We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my...

They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to...

They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to...

I'm more interested in writing than in performing.

I'm more interested in writing than in performing.

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21...

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21...

He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up...

He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up...

There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.

There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.

I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to...

I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to...

I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the...

I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the...

I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the...

I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the...

I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's...

I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's...

And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of...

And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of...

Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow.

Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow.

I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so.

I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so.

First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular...

First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular...

Education is an art.

Education is an art.

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not...

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...