Im Merely A Dreamer, And

The Heresies We Should Fear Are Those Which Can Be Confused With Orthodoxy.

Translations Are A Partial And Precious Documentation Of The Changes The Text Suffers.

One Literature Differs From Another, Either Before Or After It, Not So Much Because Of The Text As For The Manner In Which It Is Read.

What A Writer Wants To Do Is Not What He Does.

Truly Fine Poetry Must Be Read Aloud. A Good Poem Does Not Allow Itself To Be Read In A Low Voice Or Silently. If We Can Read It Silently, It Is Not A Valid Poem: A Poem Demands Pronunciation. Poetry Always Remembers That It Was An Oral Art Before It Was A Written Art. It Remembers That It Was First Song.