Good Writing Gives Energy, Whatever It Is

I Think There Is Something About Coming To A City To Work That Puts You In Touch With It In A Different Way.

The Ambiguities Of Language, Both In Terms Of Vocabulary And Syntax, Are Fascinating: How Important Connotation Is, What Is Lost And What Is Gained In The Linguistic Transition.

When You Translate Poetry In Particular, You're Obliged To Look At How The Writer With Whom You're Working Puts Together Words, Sentences, Phrases, The Triple Tension Between The Line Of Verse, The Syntax And The Sentence.

The Woman Poet Must Be Either A Sexless, Reclusive Eccentric, With Nothing To Say Specifically To Women, Or A Brilliant, Tragic, Tortured Suicide.

Perhaps First And Foremost Is The Challenge Of Taking What I Find As A Reader And Making It Into A Poem That, Primarily, Has To Be A Plausible Poem In English.