“School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only cu...” — John Taylor Gatto Quote

“School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I should know.”

“School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.”

“For reasons that are both fair and foul - but mostly for fair reasons - we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that's easy to manage.”

“To be honest, I didn't even know what the Drama Desk Awards were until I was nominated.”

“I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.”

“My take on it, like a filmmaker or actor, is if you have much more colors within your creation, eventually people will appreciate what you're doing, and the other stuff is secondary, like critiques or even awards or anything else, as long as people enjoy it.”