Home / Quotes / Quote by David Antin

Quote by David Antin

“It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel.”

Quote by David Antin

Author

David Antin was an American poet, born on February 1, 1932, and passed away on October 12, 2016. His poetry is known for its unique style and philosophical insights, highly appreciated by readers and critics alike. more

You May Also Like

“A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.”

Men Littles Persons Lying Names White Terrible Myth Suits Brown Pairs Smelly Binoculars

Book:Talking at the boundaries

Source: Talking at the boundaries

“Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.”

Made Ideas Real Fortune Imaginary Businessman Contradictory Inventing

Author:David Antin

“Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.”

Children Singing Sight Meaningful Phrases Distinction

Author:David Antin

“From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.”

May Language Industry Protect Entertainment Entertainment Industry

Author:David Antin

“I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.”

Long I Can Manage Prose Format

Author:David Antin

“I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know.”

Knows Ideas Kids College Needed No Idea Valleys

Author:David Antin

“I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.”

Thinking Writing Writing Poems

Author:David Antin

“I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.”

Writing Hard Remember Imagine

Author:David Antin

“I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore.”

Want Whole Audience Range Experts

Author:David Antin

“My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.”

Thinking Way Path Particular My Way Concrete Way Of Thinking

Author:David Antin