A Good Reputation Is Better Than Fame.

There Is No Original Sin. It's All Been Done Before.

Hatred Isgeneralized, But Love Is For The Particular.

The Philistine Provides The Best Definition Of Art. Anything That Makes Him Rage Is First Class.

The Twentieth Century Had A Wonderful Capacity For Seeing Nothing As The Sum Of Everything.

In A Poem, The Words Happen; They Just Come. I Let Them. Otherwise, I Wouldn't Write. To Interfere With What Is Happening Is To Distort The Poem. Just A Very Small Degree Of Intelligence And Supervision Is Necessary. Very Tactful. Any Revision Later That Violates The Text As It Came, That Begins Rewriting The Words, Is Fake.