[At age 18]
Asked. What do you intend to do when you grow up, Mr. McLuhan?
Me. As Dr. Johnson, when at the age of 3 months, once answered Joseph Addison, “Outside of being a great and influential man, sir, I have not the faintest idea.” I too with him can say I have not the faintest idea.
Diary entry, January 10, 1930
Year: 1930
Chapter:
McLuhan on McLuhan
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan