So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. – John Drinkwater
It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. – John Drinkwater
The musician – if he be a good one – finds his own perception prompted by the poets perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music. – John Drinkwater
To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential. – John Drinkwater
Im not sure anybodys ready to see me in a drama. And loving movies so much, Ive seen a lot of comics try to make that transition too fast, and it can be detrimental. And I dont think Ive had as much success as I need in the comedy genre to open up those opportunities. – Seann William Scott