A Sense Of Humour Is Common Sense

The Thing About Making A Documentary In Las Vegas Is There Isn't Much To Film Apart From Other People Making Documentaries About Las Vegas.

It's A Big Thing To Call Yourself A Poet. All I Can Say Is That I Have Always Written Poems. I Don't Think I'm Interested In Any Discussion About Whether I'm A Good Poet, A Bad Poet Or A Great Poet. But I Am Sure, I Want To Write Great Poems. I Think Every Poet Should Want That.

The Literary Critic, Or The Critic Of Any Other Specific Form Of Artistic Expression, May Detach Himself From The World For As Long As The Work Of Art He Is Contemplating Appears To Do The Same.

The First Language That I Learned Was Italian In Italy In The Early And Middle-'60s And I Had To Do That To Keep Up With The Young Men Who Were Courting My Wife.

If An Artist Is Any Good At All, Then He Or She Will Have A Later Phase That's More Interesting Than The Early One.