James Laughlin
James Laughlin
James Laughlinwas an American poet and literary book publisher who founded New Directions Publishing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 October 1914
CountryUnited States of America
James Laughlin quotes about
books generally somebody stick taken three
Once we've taken on somebody we generally try to stick with them for at least two or three books to see if they will develop, if they will grow.
alternate attempt particular prose
We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry.
gertrude plot needed-someone
[Gertrude Stein] really needed someone like Virgil Thomson, whom she respected, to sit on her a bit and make her devise some plot.
gertrude bells now-and-then
Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the bell, and I feel, this is great.