"Every poem can be considered in two..." - Quote by C S Lewis

“I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them.... I had always the same certainty of finding a book that was new to me as a man who walks into a field has of finding a new blade of grass.”

“When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These no less than the language , the marble, the paint, are part of his aw material.; to be used, tamed, sublimated, not ignored or defied. Haughty indifference to them is not genius, it is laziness and incompetence.”

“This moment contains all moments.”

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.”

“I am not a nature poet. There is almost always a person in my poems.”

“The poet uses the results of science and philosophy, and generalizes their widest deductions.”

“What I became a comedian for was to get my art out. To get some of these feelings and things I had on my chest out. I don't care if people believe them, listen to them, change their ways, or think, or any of that kind of crap. I'm interested in showing off. I'm the same kid from sixth grade who stood up and said "watch this."”

“What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.”

“The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.”