Turning One's Novel Into A

A Person Hoping To Become A Poet Must Have The Capacity Of Thinking Of Several Things At A Time.

I Have Rewritten — Often Several Times — Every Word I Have Ever Published. My Pencils Outlast Their Erasers.

Treading The Soil Of The Moon, Palpating Its Pebbles, Tasting The Panic And Splendor Of The Event, Feeling In The Pit Of One's Stomach The Separation From Terra-these Form The Most Romantic Sensation An Explorer Has Ever Known . . . This Is The Only Thing I Can Say About The Matter. The Utilitarian Results Do Not Interest Me.

Memory Overshadows The Present And Dims The Future "into Something Thicker Than Its Usual Pea Soup."

The Clumsiest Literal Translation Is A Thousand Times More Useful Than The Prettiest Paraphrase.