James Hynes is the author of The Lecturer's Tale. The novel follows the story of Nelson Humboldt, a lecturer at a midwestern university. As he navigates through the academic world, he becomes embroiled in a scandal and must navigate his way out. Hynes is known for his witty and satirical writing style.
The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
You teach the subject, you don’t become it.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
Power is not something that is granted. It is something taken.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
Desire is the engine of the world, not conscience.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale
Ideas are like viruses, they infect you, they spread, they mutate.
James Hynes – The Lecturer’s Tale