I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature.
John BerrymanPraise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
John BerrymanYou should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest.
John Berryman