Parallel Paths, by Kevin Clark. Kevin Clark Brockport Writers Forum Interview (2002), Part 1. Kevin Clark is a poet, essayist, and teacher in the English Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
“For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I already knew.”
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
“The art of running the mile consists, in essence, of reaching the threshold of consciousness at the instant of breasting the tape.”
“A work of art is never completed, merely abandoned.”
“Let’s play two.”
“Poetry is a dream dreamed in the presence of reason.”
“Keep your eye clear and hit ’em where they ain’t.”
“There is only one plot: Things are not what they seem.”
“Poetry begins where certitude ends.”
“I like restraint—if doesn’t go too far.”
“In the midst of our happiness we were very pleased.”