Poetry Is Prose In Slow Motion.

I Really Practiced Hard And Got To A Certain Level Of Technical Proficiency. I Overcame Some Of My Limitations. I Was A Hard-working, Dedicated Bassoonist, But I Have To Say I'm Not A Natural Musician.

I Don't Do All That Well In The Writerly World. I'm Happier Being Outside The Flow.

Printed Books Usually Outlive Bookstores And The Publishers Who Brought Them Out. They Sit Around, Demanding Nothing, For Decades. That's One Of Their Nicest Qualities - Their Brute Persistence.

Rarely Do Pens Go Dry In Restaurants.

Sometimes, Despite The Fact That You're Reading Through Masses Of Material, You Just Can't Not Think About A Certain Event, For It Seems To Capture The Reality Of The Entire Situation So Much Better Than Any Set Of Statistics.