Giving oneself permission to write to begin with is the first enormous challenge. But you discover that this permission involves a requirement: To write about things that are difficult because they are, in fact, your subject. Jonathan Galassi beginchallengedifficult share on social
One thing I have noticed is that when you're a younger editor, you're more intense about it. As you go along, you relax a little. More and more, I feel that the book is the author's. You give the author your thoughts, and it's up to him or her to decide what to do. Jonathan Galassi authorbookdecide share on social
What the beautiful-writing writers are most attached to is almost always superfluous. Jonathan Galassi attachbeautifulsuperfluous Change image and share on social
I can write anywhere that's quiet. I have a study in my apartment, but I often work in the kitchen of a house that we rent in the country. Jonathan Galassi apartmentcountryhouse Change image and share on social
There's been a fragmentation of how the market functions, but I believe printed books are here to stay. People like the tactile experience, the smell of them; there's a great romance to them. Jonathan Galassi bookexperiencefragmentation Change image and share on social
Poetry is really about your mental state or intellectual, and where you are, and you're trying to evoke that, explain it to yourself, whatever, you're trying to dig into it, analyse yourself. Jonathan Galassi analysedigevoke Change image and share on social
Eugenio Montale - born in Genoa in 1896, died in Milan, 1981 - is one of the twentieth-century Europeans who has spoken most meaningfully to American and British poets. Jonathan Galassi americanbearbritish Change image and share on social
Poetry is not mainstream, but then neither is serious fiction, really. But I don't think there's a lot to worry about in this particular 'problem'. Why does art have to be mainstream to be significant? Jonathan Galassi artfictionlot share on social
The thing that happened with the music business, there are no stores anymore where you can buy music. It's all an online business now, and that's, you know - the bookstore culture is a very vibrant part of the American experience that we're very reluctant to see go away. Jonathan Galassi americananymorebookstore share on social
I never thought I could write fiction. Jonathan Galassi fictionthinkwrite Change image and share on social