I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority.

I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority.

There is balance in life, but not fairness.

I wasn't convinced a shop girl would know the word 'Oedipal.

A poet or novelist will invent interruptions to avoid long consecutive days at the ordained page; and of these the most pernicious are other kinds of writing -- articles, lectures, reviews, a wide correspondence.

What you fear most will happen to you - that is the law.

Poetry has been the longest pleasure of my life.