“I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.”
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
“Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.”
“...discussing cultural relativism with cultural relativists is like playing tennis with some guy who says, "Your ace is just a social construct.”
“Free verse is like free love; it is a contradiction in terms.”
“I'd soon crawl down a rabid badger's hole as crawl into your bedroll.”