Races Didn't Bother The Americans. They Were

Journalism Wishes To Tell What It Is That Has Happened Everywhere As Though The Same Things Had Happened For Every Man. Poetry Wishes To Say What It Is Like For Any Man To Be Himself In The Presence Of A Particular Occurrence As Though Only He Were Alone There.

Poetry Is The Art Of Understanding What It Is To Be Alive.

A Self-advertising Writer Is Always A Self-extinguished Writer.

History, Like A Badly Constructed Concert Hall, Has Occasional Dead Spots Where The Music Can't Be Heard.

If The Poem Can Be Improved By The Author's Explanations, It Never Should Have Been Published.