Quotes by Bloom, Harold

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike -- a >>

Quotations about Academia

If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who >>

A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass m >>

In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee them >>

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike -- and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two -- are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.

Bloom, Harold