The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.
“I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.”
“Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.”