A poet trains himself to stand out in a storm and be struck by lightning. If he is lucky enough to be struck six times, he becomes immortal. Randall Jarrell said it and he's right.
Find out what you do best, and then don't do it. - James Dickey
Find out what you do best, and then don't do it.
- James Dickey
I don’t believe that a reviewer or a critic can really criticize well unless he can praise well. - James Dickey
I don’t believe that a reviewer or a critic can really criticize well unless he can praise well.
So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it. - James Dickey
So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.
What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate. - James Dickey
What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.
It takes an awful lot of time for me to write anything. I have endless drafts, one after another; and I try out 50, 75, or a hundred variations on a … - James Dickey
It takes an awful lot of time for me to write anything. I have endless drafts, one after another; and I try out 50, 75, or a hundred variations on a …
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth. - James Dickey
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth.
A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning. - James Dickey
A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.
Poetry makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world. - James Dickey
Poetry makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world.
I need about one hundred fifty drafts of a poem to get it right, and fifty more to make it sound spontaneous. - James Dickey
I need about one hundred fifty drafts of a poem to get it right, and fifty more to make it sound spontaneous.
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