Men never sound more stupid than when they're telling you they're a very complex personality.
Clive JamesI work on the assumption, or let it be the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting.
Clive JamesIt's a big thing to call yourself a poet. All I can say is that I have always written poems. I don't think I'm interested in any discussion about whether I'm a good poet, a bad poet or a great poet. But I am sure, I want to write great poems. I think every poet should want that.
Clive James