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" Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin. "

Ernest Hemingway

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" After you finish a book, you know, you're dead. But no one knows you're dead. All they see is the irresponsibility that comes in after the terrible responsibility of writing. "

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" If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work. "

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