My chief aim is to make a poem. You make it for yourself firstly, and then if other people want to join in then there we are. – R.S. Thomas (1913–2000)
Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with amazing consistency, to alienate most of them. – Ron Chernow
But I dont think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeares Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame. – Julie Taymor
When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry. – Loretta Young
