My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.