“I need about one hundred fifty drafts of a poem to get it right, and fifty more to make it sound spontaneous.”
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“My eyes have adjusted to the darkness. You get used to the dark after awhile. Not the quiet.”
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
“I believe that the American poet ought to be a tough son of a bitch. He sought to hold his own in this culture on his own terms and not compromise under any circumstances.”
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“One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences.”
― Augustus
― Augustus
“I was twenty then. What the hell, I used to say, take your time, Bandini. You got ten years to write a book, so take it easy, get out and learn about life, walk the streets. That’s your trouble: your ignorance of life.”
― Ask the Dust
― Ask the Dust
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