The Relation Of Faith Between Subject And

A Poet Is, Before Anything Else, A Person Who Is Passionately In Love With Language.

A Poet, Qua Poet, Has Only One Political Duty, Namely, In His Own Writing To Set An Example Of The Correct Use Of His Mother Tongue, Which Is Always Being Corrupted. When Words Lose Their Meaning, Physical Force Takes Over.

The Commonest Ivory Tower Is That Of The Average Man, The State Of Passivity Towards Experience.

It's Frightfully Important For A Writer To Be His Age, Not To Be Younger Or Older Than He Is. One Might Ask, "what Should I Write At The Age Of Sixty-four," But Never, "what Should I Write In 1940."

Get Up Very Early And Get Going At Once. In Fact, Work First And Wash Afterwards.