“If it were thought that anything I wrote was influenced by Robert Frost, I would take that particular piece of mine, shred it, and flush it down the toilet, hoping not to clog the pipes.” IfsPiecesMinesParticularToiletsPipeFrost Author:James Dickey
“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.” IfsSaidEnoughPoetLuckySixTrainStormImmortalLightningStanding Out Book:The voiced connections of James Dickey: interviews and conversations Source: The voiced connections of James Dickey: interviews and conversations
“What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe” IfsWritingWholeUniverseRealizingDamnPoetry IsLove PoetryDamn Things Author:James Dickey
“I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that.” IfsThinkingKindMeanDoeI CanDoneCan DoPoetHonorClaimsHarmCraftsLive ByReducingDubiousGinsberg Author:James Dickey
