“What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.”
“This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.”
“But is this not what poetry must do? To say the nothing that cannot be said?”
“Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.”
“What is written with a sword cannot be erased.”
“Do what you must, but do it well, above all enjoy yourself!”