A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard by stealing what he has a taste for and can carry off.
Source: A Continuing Journey, Essays and Addresses, 1968.
-- Archibald MacLeish, (May 7 1892-1982), US poet, playwright, teacher, public official; His concern for liberal democracy figured in much of his work, although his most memorable lyrics are of a more private nature.