Comments on: Umberto Eco’s apartment http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/ stargazer, muddler, muffle-jaw, cockatouch, spoonhead, hookear, gudgeon, grubby, blob, bull-rout, blue garnet, miller's thumb Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mia http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Mia Fri, 27 May 2005 16:21:26 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/#comment-297 Don't we all!? Don’t we all!?

]]> By: Cam Sculpin http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Cam Sculpin Fri, 27 May 2005 15:38:36 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/#comment-296 I need a 17th-century palazzo. I need a 17th-century palazzo.

]]> By: co149 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-295 co149 Fri, 27 May 2005 14:48:11 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/#comment-295 I need a bigger house, clearly... I need a bigger house, clearly…

]]> By: Mia http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Mia Fri, 27 May 2005 14:29:25 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2005/05/26/umberto-ecos-apartment/#comment-294 What a wonderful interview! My favorite quotes ... "If some people are so weak that they buy my books because they are piled high in bookshops, and then do not understand them, that is not my fault. If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy." "'I would describe myself as an insecure optimist who is sensitive to criticism. I always fear to be wrong. Those who are always certain of their own work risk being idiots. Insecurity is a great force, apropos of teaching. The moment I start a new class I feel panic. If you don't feel panic, you cannot succeed." And the library just makes me think of a quote from somewhere I can't recall about how dull it would be to be surrounded by books you'd already read. I keep hoping that <u>The Da Vinci Code</u> will get more people to read <u>Foucault's Pendulum</u>. What a wonderful interview! My favorite quotes …
“If some people are so weak that they buy my books because they are piled high in bookshops, and then do not understand them, that is not my fault. If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy.”

“‘I would describe myself as an insecure optimist who is sensitive to criticism. I always fear to be wrong. Those who are always certain of their own work risk being idiots. Insecurity is a great force, apropos of teaching. The moment I start a new class I feel panic. If you don’t feel panic, you cannot succeed.”

And the library just makes me think of a quote from somewhere I can’t recall about how dull it would be to be surrounded by books you’d already read.

I keep hoping that The Da Vinci Code will get more people to read Foucault’s Pendulum.

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