We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
“If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.”
“Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.”