PUBLISHER

I remember that my first manuscript was accepted by a publisher. Then I thought: ooooh, now I exist! It gave me something of myself.

Esther Jansma


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IRELAND

We Irish are too poetical to be poets.

Oscar Wilde



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STANDARDS

The 'greatness' of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards; though we must remember literary standards.

T.S. Eliot



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THEORY

A poet is not a philosopher. He doesn't construct theories and in principle he dislikes abstractions.

A.L. Sötemann



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