Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn't good, it wasn't poetry. It was that simple.
Erica JongThere's another part of getting older that's just wonderful. Which is you see the way the stories turn out with peoples' lives.
Erica Jongwe all carry the Houses of our Youth inside, and our Parents, too, grown small enough to fit within our Hearts.
Erica Jong