There are few things more precious on any university campus than freedom of thought and expression, ... That is the teaching of the First Amendment, and I believe it should be the principle we live by at Columbia University.

freedom of thought and expression.

The fact that they were there as students presumed they did not know what was good or bad. That was his job as instructor...to tell them what was good or bad. The whole idea of individual creativity and expression in the classroom was really basically opposed to the whole idea of the University.

We all started somewhere. When I started teaching at the university level, I didn't want to teach freshmen. Then I saw that you have the biggest impact on people who have the least experience. I have a special place in my heart for the novice player.

the single most promising composition student that I have worked with in my 37 years of university teaching.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.