And the second question can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.

The Bible should be taught but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction myth poetry anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.

Because I know about the Holy Land I've taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life and - but you can't bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood but it didn't because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.

I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.

Since the nature of people is bad to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity love brotherhood and relationships that I never understood and probably never would have. So from that standpoint there is some truth and good in everything.

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.

Although I am basically self taught I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour light and shadow.