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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 57688 |
| QUOTATION: | At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public’s pocket are the order of the day—indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue—the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Studs Terkel (b. 1912), U.S. author, broadcaster. Talking to Myself, bk. 4, ch. 4 (1977). Said of author Nelson Algren. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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