“[Poetry] is a field where England can take on all challengers.”
“The chaos of the mind cannot constitute a reply to the providence of the universe. All it can be is an awakening in the night, where all that can be heard is anguished poetry let loose.”
“Poetry is a game of loser-take-all.”
“Poetry is a useful place for lamentation...poems are a place where we can cry out.”
“But it isn't easy,' said Pooh. 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.”
“Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.”