#onreadingsomuch

[lizettegreco]

On being a “public intellectual”:

I always kind of chuckle at people labeling me a public intellectual. I chuckle because people used to say, “How have you written so much?” and I’d say, “By not having a life.” There is nothing public about the energy, the discipline and solitude it takes to produce so much writing.

(Bell Hooks via Austin Kleon)