Charles Simic said this quote

A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish.

~ Charles Simic

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

~ Charles Simic

Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

~ Charles Simic

In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

~ Charles Simic