Complex sentence: I remember there was a great poem by Irving Layton that I once read-I'll give you a paraphrase of it-it was "Well, you guys blow up an occasional airline and kill a few children here and there," he says.
Split into simpler sentences: I remember there was a great poem by Irving Layton that I once read, I'll give you a paraphrase of it. It was' well, you guys blow up an occasional airline and kill a few children here and there', he says.