I was unpopular at school just because I was an intellectual. I always answered all the questions off the top of my head but they nevertheless resented because of that. George Woodcock answerheadintellectual Change image and share on social
I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something. George Woodcock mathematicianmovepainter Change image and share on social
What I'm going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It's the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city. George Woodcock casecityfreedom Change image and share on social
I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence. George Woodcock beginboyfree Change image and share on social
I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing. George Woodcock ascendkickladder Change image and share on social
Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing. George Woodcock circulationcommandfairly Change image and share on social
I was editing Canadian Literature. I didn't want to let Canadian Literature go, so they reached a nice compromise by which I received half a professor's salary. George Woodcock canadiancompromiseedit Change image and share on social
You can be bound by physical things, as I am by certain sicknesses, but nevertheless you can still be free to recognize that all initiatives really come from yourself if you don't depend upon structures of government or structures of any kind. George Woodcock binddependfree share on social
