People have this illusion that all over the world, all of the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world nothing is happening. – David Brinkley
My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business. – Harry Houdini
How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry. – Allen Tate
