Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince. – H. L. Mencken
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The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But its not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it Ive met, and think theyre incredibly witty, inventive – theres a lot of poetry there. – Martin Amis
I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but Im glad that I did it. – Tom Glazer
On the other hand, if theres an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. Ive lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton. – Richard Serra
I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost. – John O. Brennan
Any knowledge that doesnt lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life. – Wislawa Szymborska
I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me. – Cam Gigandet
