I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all?
Elizabeth BishopI HATED the Salinger story. It took me days to go through it, gingerly, a page at a time, and blushing with embarrassment for him every ridiculous sentence of the way. How can they let him do it?
Elizabeth BishopBeing a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!
Elizabeth BishopThink of the long trip home. Should we have stayed home and thought of here? Where should we be today?
Elizabeth Bishop