-not a fan i hate that word fan fanatic no i 've never been fanatical about anything except food and sex that 's a joke / i liked his stuff alright thought some of the early stuff was good he had style one of those classic type writers you know delillo updyke mcewan yadda yadda that was never my scene but he was alright / he was a great teacher i learned more in the first week of his course than all the way through approaches to literature i love that phrase approaches to literature like it was some kinda animal and you were sneaking up on it through the shrubbery or something fuck i need a drink i 'm sorry am i rambling i 've been told that i have a tendency to do that .