[On Ezra Pound:] A village explainer, excellent if you were a village, but if you were not, not.

Repeating is the whole of living and by repeating comes understanding, and understanding is to some the most important part of living.

How I wish I were able to say what I think.

There are of course people who are more important than others in that they have more importance in the world but this is not essential and it ceases to be. I have no sense of difference in this respect because every human being comprises the combination form.

What is the use of being a little boy if you are growing up to be a man.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

There are so many ways of earning a living and most of them are failures.