Old Men When They Begin To Hear

People Don't Use Their Eyes. They Never See A Bird, They See A Sparrow. They Never See A Tree, They See A Birch. They See Concepts.

For The Essential Thing About The Work Of Art Is That It Is Work, And Very Hard Work Too.

Nothing Like Poetry When You Lie Awake At Night. It Keeps The Old Brain Limber. It Washes Away The Mud And Sand That Keeps On Blocking Up The Bends. Like Waves To Make The Pebbles Dance On My Old Floors. And Turn Them Into Rubies And Jacinths; Or At Any Rate, Good Imitations.

God Is A Character, A Real And Consistent Being, Or He Is Nothing. If God Did A Miracle He Would Deny His Own Nature And The Universe Would Simply Blow Up, Vanish, Become Nothing.

Plantie Is A Very Strong Protestant, That Is To Say, He's Against All Churches, Especially The Protestant: And He Thinks A Lot Of Buddha, Karma And Confucius. He Is Also A Bit Of An Anarchist And Three Or Four Years Ago He Took Up Einstein And Vitamins.