Where Politics Is Concerned, I Think Poets

If You're Imaginatively Responsible To The Place You Live In, You Understand The Watershed.

Images Are Not Quite Ideas, They Are Stiller Than That, With Less Implication Outside Themselves. And They Are Not Myth, They Do Not Have The Explanatory Power; They Are Nearer To Pure Story. Nor Are They Always Metaphors; They Do Not Say This Is That, They Say This Is.

They Are The Kinds Of Things That Make Us A Community: Attachment To Place, Attachment To Local Arts Traditions, The Ability To Read Literature, The Ability To Look At Paintings, The Sense Of Connectedness To The Land, The Sense Of Community That Comes From People Taking Care Of Their Own.

There's Very Little Solid Research On Readership, Yet People Make Pronouncements About It All The Time.

Take The Time To Write. You Can Do Your Life's Work In Half An Hour A Day.