The Gift Of Writing Is To Be

But Even So, None Of The News Of These World-spasms Entered Me As Terror.

Yet There Are Times When A Deeper Need Enters, When We Want The Poem To Be Not Only Pleasurably Right But Compellingly Wise, Not Only A Surprising Variation Played Upon The World, But A Re-tuning Of The World Itself.

The Whole Relationship Between A Writer's Spiritual/emotional Condition And The Kind Of Wordstuff And Form-making That's Going On In His Work Is An Interesting One. When I Was An Undergraduate, There Was A Glib Notion Around That There Was No Reason To Suppose A Bad Man Could Be A Good Writer.

I Shall Gain Glory Or Die.

I Have Begun To Think Of Life As A Series Of Ripples Widening Out From An Original Center.