While I’ve had a great distaste for what’s usually called song in modern poetry or for what’s usually called music, I really don’t think of speech as so far from song. David Antin Read Quote
It’s hard being a hostage in somebody else’s mouth – or a character in somebody else’s novel. David Antin Read Quote
I’m standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I’m happy to see them go. David Antin Read Quote
My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it. David Antin Read Quote
My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn’t follow a continuous path. David Antin Read Quote
I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember. David Antin Read Quote
I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James. David Antin Read Quote