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...all My Best Words Are Deserters And Do Not Answer The Trumpet Call, And The Remainder Are Cripples.

A Philistine Is A Full-grown Person Whose Interests Are Of A Material And Commonplace Nature, And Whose Mentality Is Formed Of The Stock Ideas And Conventional Ideals Of His Or Her Group And Time.

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

Genius Still Means To Me, In My Russian Fastidiousness And Pride Of Phrase, A Unique Dazzling Gift. The Gift Of James Joyce, And Not The Talent Of Henry James.

Life Is A Message Scribbled In The Dark.