Art Is Anything People Do With Distinction.

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.

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

Canada Is A Country Where The Serious Writers Are Hockey Fans And Readers Of Comic Books. They Don't Play Chess.

A Critic At Best Is A Waiter At The Great Table Of Literature.

Art Is Anything People Do With Distinction.