Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.
There is no work however vile or sordid that does not glisten before God.
The TV business is like the produce section of the market. Today everything is fresh and glistening and firm. And tomorrow when they find a bruise on you they toss you out.
I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles and I thought that was pretty cool so I was quite up front about it.