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
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
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
When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative. George Woodcock actconsequencedramatically 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 suppose I'm led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I've admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right. George Woodcock admirecontemporaryearly 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 like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something. George Woodcock mathematicianmovepainter Change image and share on social
I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that. George Woodcock allowcasecreative Change image and share on social
My split with the university was over the fact that I had become involved with helping Tibetans in India. George Woodcock facthelpindia Change image and share on social