• Once a poet calls his myth a myth, he prevents the reader from treating it as a reality; we use the word "myth" only for stories we ourselves cannot believe.

    Adam Kirsch: Once a poet calls his myth a myth, he prevents the reader from treating it as a reality; we use the word "myth" only for stories we ourselves cannot believe.
    "The Mystic Word" by Adam Kirsch, www.newyorker.com. October 9, 2006.