My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.
“For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.”
“I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.”