When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd already written. And I didn't want to be an actor. David Antin actorexperimentalplay Change image and share on social
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. David Antin editimprovisationjazz Change image and share on social
It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel. David Antin characterhardhostage Change image and share on social
For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting. David Antin centurycirclecommonplace Change image and share on social
When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval. David Antin approvalautobiographyhusband Change image and share on social
From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. David Antin entertainmentgodindustry Change image and share on social
There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be. David Antin distinctionfailleave Change image and share on social
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives. David Antin narrativestorytime Change image and share on social
The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember. David Antin ancientanxietybegin Change image and share on social
I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding. David Antin findgivehard Change image and share on social
