Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.

I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation.

Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who then has given most?

I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of earth." "And which do you love best?" "The dream.

One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word.

Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44)

Language must resound with all the harmonies of music. The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous word which captures the thing and is able to draw a sob from my soul by its very rightness.