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snarling at imprisoning bars, for they have been made as fierce as tigers by the gift of liberty, but have been thrown into a cage to preserve universal peace. This, however, is not a true peace. It is the peace of the tiger in a menagerie who lies glowering at those who have come to look at him. If just one bar is ever taken out of the cage, the world will erupt into chaos.... p181

8.2.81

Basho - Narrow Road to the Deep North

p120 Penguin ed. trans. Nobujuki Yuasa 1966

145

p91 Mushinaka-Grossman - trans Corman and Susumu 1968

p178 Uni. of Cal - 1969 - Earl Mines trans.

"When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand." Raymond Chandler

Q: Has your satisfaction in the act of writing ever fluctuated? I mean, is it keener or less keen than it once was?

A: Keener.

Q: Why?

A: Because the ice of experience now mingles with the fire of inspiration.

p.122

...I write in three languages, but I think in images. The matter of preference (of one language over another) does not really arise. Images are mute, yet presently the silent cinema begins to talk and I recognize its language.

p.123

Nabakov in Vladimir Nabakov: A Tribute ed. Ouennell