"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” -Emily Dickinson-
On Criticism
"My words will either attract a strong mind or offend a weak one." -Anne Sexton-
On Art
"The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What is beautiful is another question." -James Joyce-
On Reading
"We read to know we are not alone." -C.S. Lewis-
On Poetry
"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." -T.S. Eliot-
On Writing
"The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult." -Charles Bukowski-
On Fiction
"There is, in fact, only one rule in writing fiction. Whatever works, works." -Tom Robbins-
On Literature
"Literarture is whatever people read." -Mickey Spillane-
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