“One of the worst things that can happen to an artist is to perceive hi...” — Joseph Brodsky Quote

“One of the worst things that can happen to an artist is to perceive himself as the owner of his art, and art as his tool. A product of the marketplace sensibility, this attitude barely differs on a psychological plane from the patron's view of the artist as a paid employee.”

“Good style in prose is always hostage to the precision, speed, and laconic intensity of poetic diction.”

“The blue-collar is not supposed to read Horace, nor the farmer in his overalls Montale or Marvell. Nor, for that matter, is the politician expected to know by heart Gerard Manley Hopkins or Elizabeth Bishop. This is dumb as well as dangerous.”

“My never-say-never attitude has helped me a lot. That's why after a short period after the accident, I'm capable of doing almost everything on my own.”

“I still have a young attitude.”

“I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue.”