I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like …

Umberto Eco
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I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly. ✨ Umberto Eco, The Art of Fiction No. 197. Interview with Lila Azam Zanganeh, 2008.
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I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly. ✨ Umberto Eco, The Art of Fiction No. 197. Interview with Lila Azam Zanganeh, 2008.

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