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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.

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If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby 'it.'

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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

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April is the cruellest month.

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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

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The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.

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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

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The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.

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Business today consists in persuading crowds.

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There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: September 26th, 1888

Died: January 4th, 1965

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