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“Many writers were better before they became famous.”
“In a real poem a sound does not swallow a letter, but a letter swallows a sound.”
“An unrewarded value is more valuable than a reward with no value.”
“There are anonymous poems and poets without poems.”
“A versifier passes through the sound; sounds go through a poet.”
“A versifier arranges sounds; a poet arranges meaning in the sounds.”
“Sometimes it is more victorious to lose than to win.”
“There are literary works that speak for themselves and there are writers who boast through work.”
“Many are so used to laurels and presume that they are real winners.”
“To a versifier, sounds are the means and the aim; a poet travels toward the aim using sounds.”
“A versifier’s poem is born by the sound; a poet’s sound is born by the poem.”
“In its proper role, a number counts the missing words.”