Quotes by Jack Gilbert
Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
You can't work in a steel mill and think small. Giant converters hundreds of feet high. Every night, the sky looked enormous. It was a torrent of flames - of fire. The place that Pittsburgh used to be had such scale.
I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
Sorrow everywhere,
How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that it does not quite.
