This quote is written / told by Hugh MacDiarmid between August 11, 1892 and September 9, 1978. He/she was a famous Poet from Scotland.
The author also have 2 other quotes.
"I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories"