Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the flagellantes in the Middle Ages.
David LodgeI'm a bit of a deconstructionist myself. It's kind of exciting - the last intellectual thrill left. Like sawing through the branch you're sitting on.
David LodgeUniversities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.
David LodgeIt's the only thing that keeps me going these days, travelling. Changes of scene, changes of faces
David Lodgeto read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another, from one action to another, from one level of a text to another. The text unveils itself before us, but never allows itself to be possessed; and instead of trying to possess it we should take pleasure in its teasing
David Lodge