A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. |
Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. |
anybody can write a book, 'cause everybody has a story to tell |
As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust |
As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust |
Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time |
Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity. |
I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. |
If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist. |
If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try |
Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage |
In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity. |
It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. |
It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. |
It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back |