If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code
Clifford GeertzI've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere.
Clifford GeertzWhat we call our data are really our own constructions of other peopleโs constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to.
Clifford GeertzThe point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.
Clifford Geertz