Eliot Weinberger Professions : Writer Born : February 6, 1949 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Eliot Weinberger Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak. Eliot Weinberger speak listening sometimes William Carlos Williams, late in his long life, had a dream: He saw an enormous spiral staircase in empty space, and his father slowly descending toward him. When he reached the bottom, his father walked over, looked him in the eye and said: “You know those poems you're writing? They're no good.” Eliot Weinberger dream writing father Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
