Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
Flannery O'Connor
(é daquelas frases que levo sempre comigo, mesmo quando não me lembro das palavras exactas. fica aqui o registo, para não me voltar a esquecer)