I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of the power to observe. The trouble, I should judge, to lie with the schools.

I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world.

I still say the only education worth anything is self-education.