Once a poet calls his myth a myth, he prevents the reader from treating it as a reality; we use the word "myth" only for stories we ourselves cannot believe.

The unadmitted reason why traditional readers are hostile to e-books is that we still hold the superstitious idea that a book is like a soul, and that every soul should have its own body.

Teaching and writing have tended to proceed on parallel lines, but there have been times when there was indeed carry-over from the classroom to the creative work.

So how can a poet-an intelligent, serious poet-write mystical verse now? The poetry of Adam Zagajewski provides the beginning of an answer to this question.

With luck, a writer capable of producing both Slouching Towards Kalamazoo and The Blood of the Lamb will not remain unappreciated for long.

Shame comes in different doses.

Come in the evening come in the morning Come when expected come without warning Thousands of welcomes you'll find here before you And the oftener you come the more we'll adore you.

Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with.

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.

Nobody gave me what I wanted for my birthday! Nobody! What sort of presents do you call these? New shoes, a green sweater and a bunch of stupid toys!" "What were you expecting?" "Real estate!

If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

With every choice you make, be conscious of what need it serves.

And I had to get out of hating range.

When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently.