Harold Bloom Quote

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike — and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two — are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats.


Interview in Criticism in Society (1987), edited by Imre Salusinski.


I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike — and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two — are always...

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike — and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two — are always...

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike — and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two — are always...

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike — and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two — are always...