a stage when most people seem to think [T.S.] Eliot was antisemitic. "And I don't really think it's even all about considering the evidence any more. It's what disposition you bring to something that is intricate and difficult. And it's true that my own prejudice is to think that the moral arraignment of our great authors is a reflection of the pained inferiority we feel in front of them. We prefer it if they can be shown to be inferior and shabby."Eliot taught him what is required of a poet. "It's difficult to put a finger on it exactly, but it comes down to a sort of fearlessness."
from The Guardian: A life in writing
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