Reason To Rule, Mercy To Forgive: The

Hatred Isgeneralized, But Love Is For The Particular.

There Is No Original Sin. It's All Been Done Before.

In A Poem, The Words Happen; They Just Come. I Let Them. Otherwise, I Wouldn't Write. To Interfere With What Is Happening Is To Distort The Poem. Just A Very Small Degree Of Intelligence And Supervision Is Necessary. Very Tactful. Any Revision Later That Violates The Text As It Came, That Begins Rewriting The Words, Is Fake.

Imagination Should Be Integrated With Life, Not Turned Into A Separate Activity, Art, That Monopolizes One's Whole Existence.

Canada Is A Country Where The Serious Writers Are Hockey Fans And Readers Of Comic Books. They Don't Play Chess.