The step between ecstatic vision and sinful frenzy is all too brief.
But laughter is weakness, corruption, the foolishness of our flesh.
I am a professor who writes novels on Sundays
Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
My collection of rare books concerns only books that don't tell the truth.
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is better than a spoon... The book has been thoroughly tested, and it's very hard to see how it could be improved on for its current purposes.