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«Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.»
«There are many that I miss,having sent my last one out a car windowsparking along the road one night, years ago.»
«I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the day. To the left and right there are an amazing set of distractions that we usually can't afford to follow. But the poet is willing to stop anywhere. . . . And it's that willingness to slow down and examine the mysterious bits of fluff in our lives that is the poet's interest.»
«When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.»
Author: William Collins
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«My pen moves along the pagelike the snout of a strange animalshaped like a human armand dressed in the sleeve of a loose green sweater.»
«Then there were the wits,using their last breath to exhale a line,a devastating capper, as if the worldwere simply a large gallery buzzing with people,and now it was time to throw on a long scarfand make an exit, leavingit to someone else to close the door.»
Author: William Collins
«When words are put together in fresh ways there is a pleasure-giving quality in language, which brings a release of endorphins.»
Author: William Collins
«Not to say that authors are all such sourpusses, but you meet the author in the best possible way, on the written page. I am at my best there, more patient, more thoughtful.»
Author: William Collins
«And with Yeats you lean against a broken pear tree,the day hooded by low clouds.»
Author: William Collins
«It means treasury, but it is just a placewhere words congregate with their relatives,a big park where hundreds of family reunionsare always being held.»
Author: William Collins
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