I didnโt know that painters and writers retired. Theyโre like soldiers โ they just fade away.
Lawrence FerlinghettiIn Plato's republic, poets were considered subversive, a danger to the republic. I kind of relish that role. So I see my present role as a gadfly, to use my soapbox to promote my various ideas and obsesions.
Lawrence FerlinghettiThe real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti