“I think that the continuity of what I do as an editor with what I did ...” — Jonathan Galassi Quote

“I think that the continuity of what I do as an editor with what I did when I started out 40 years ago is very direct. The delivery system is changing and will continue to, but the actual interaction between publisher and author is exactly the same.”

“Eugenio Montale - born in Genoa in 1896, died in Milan, 1981 - is one of the twentieth-century Europeans who has spoken most meaningfully to American and British poets.”

“There's an old saw about journalism that the more you know about a subject, the less sense reporting about it makes.”

“I mean, it's nice to get a dinner reservation ahead of other people, but when it comes down to it, the most important thing to me is the actual work.”

“The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.”

“I don't shy away from any questions. I'm not scared of any question. I'll give you an answer. A lot of people are scared of having actual opinions out there. People are so scared of criticism... I'm not scared of people disliking me.”