Poems are other people's snapshots in which we see our own lives.
The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.
Words make love on the page like flies in the summer heat and the poet is only the bemused spectator.
Roberto Calasso's survey of the renewed interest in myth demonstrates how decisive the gods' influence was on modern literature. Calasso is not only immensely learned; he is one of the most original thinkers and writers we have today.
Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.
Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.