John Gardner

Heidegger’s parlamblings on ‘Nothing’ and ‘Not’ and ‘the Nothing that Nothings’ were the last supposedly respectable gasp of classical philosophy. ↗

— John Gardner

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Most creative-writing teachers have had the experience of occasionally helping to produce, by accident, a pornographer. ↗

— John Gardner

#art

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy. ↗

— John Gardner

#devil #editors #exception #fight #incompetent

If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college. ↗

— John Gardner

#college #freedom #gets #give #including

It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs. ↗

— John Gardner

#could #five #found #high #high school