ALL A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

Pablo Neruda: [after reading a poem] What do you think?
Mario Ruoppolo: It's weird.
Pablo Neruda: What do you mean, weird? You're a severe critic.
Mario Ruoppolo: No, not your poem. Weird... Weird... how I felt while you were saying it.
Pablo Neruda: How was that?
Mario Ruoppolo: I don't know. The words went back and forth.
Pablo Neruda: Like the sea then?
Mario Ruoppolo: Exactly. Like the sea.
Pablo Neruda: There, that's the rhythm.
Mario Ruoppolo: I felt seasick, in fact.
Pablo Neruda: Because...
Mario Ruoppolo: I can't explain it. I felt like...like a boat tossing around on those words.
Pablo Neruda: Like a boat tossing around on my words? Do you know what you've done, Mario?
Mario Ruoppolo: No, what?
Pablo Neruda: You've invented a metaphor. Yes, you have!
Mario Ruoppolo: Really? But it doesn't count because I didn't mean to.
Pablo Neruda: Meaning to is not important. Images arise spontaneously.


  »   More Quotes from
  »   Back to the