I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science it is an aid to art.
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my...
I have always made my own rules in poetry as in life - though I have tried...
I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas as it were.
Each word bears its weight so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and...
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and...
Yes I do often write poems from the mind but I hope I don't ignore feelings...
Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I...
I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics...
Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are...
We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics...
The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined...
The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the...
It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized...
A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason...
I do love science fiction but it's not really a genre unto itself it always...
If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat there is no consensus of...