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Stephen Dobyns Quotes

I write poems to find out why I write them Picture Quote #1

I never read Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier. I’ve been reading books that I should have read years ago and did not. That’s one of them Picture Quote #1

Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn’t comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing Picture Quote #1

I remember coming upon Philip Larkin in my 20s in the early 60s and when Sylvia Plath’s Ariel came out it knocked me off my feet Picture Quote #1

I like it to be quiet, and it usually occurs in the morning. There are three or four places in my house where I can write and I like to keep moving around. The moment I find myself falling into a necessary routine, I change it. I’d rather not accumulate superstitions Picture Quote #1

Actions have consequences. Ignorance about the nature of those actions does not free a person from responsibility for the consequences. (28) Picture Quote #1

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Most women are more into real estate than sex. They want to own you Picture Quote #1

Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else Picture Quote #1

Love doesn’t need a reason. Hate needs a reason Picture Quote #1

Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn’t comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing Picture Quote #1

Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and gall. And you have to love to read books, all kinds of books, good books. You are not looking for anything in particular; you are just letting stuff seep in Picture Quote #1

My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook Picture Quote #1

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He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take one moment and remain inside it like an egg inside its shell, instead of constantly being hurried into the future by good luck or bad Picture Quote #1

I can’t believe there is a poet who hasn’t eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it was sheer lunacy. It’s part of the process of selection Picture Quote #1

A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms Picture Quote #1

One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent Picture Quote #1

My wife’s dying upstairs and I can’t do anything about it. I look in her face and I see the memories there. I see how I hurt her and how I said the wrong things and how I got angry and how I wasn’t the man she hoped I’d be. I see that in her face and I see she’s going to die with that. You think I’m not preoccupied? Picture Quote #1

It was as if pain were a room he had entered and the door had been locked behind him Picture Quote #1

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I write poems to find out why I write them (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) I never read Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier. I’ve been reading books that I should have read years ago and did not. That’s one of them. (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn’t comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing. (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) I remember coming upon Philip Larkin in my 20s in the early 60s and when Sylvia Plath’s Ariel came out it knocked me off my feet. (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) I like it to be quiet, and it usually occurs in the morning. There are three or four places in my house where I can write and I like to keep moving around. The moment I find myself falling into a necessary routine, I change it. I’d rather not accumulate superstitions (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) Actions have consequences. Ignorance about the nature of those actions does not free a person from responsibility for the consequences. (28) (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) Most women are more into real estate than sex. They want to own you (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) Love doesn’t need a reason. Hate needs a reason (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn’t comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and gall. And you have to love to read books, all kinds of books, good books. You are not looking for anything in particular; you are just letting stuff seep in (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take one moment and remain inside it like an egg inside its shell, instead of constantly being hurried into the future by good luck or bad (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) I can’t believe there is a poet who hasn’t eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it was sheer lunacy. It’s part of the process of selection (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) My wife’s dying upstairs and I can’t do anything about it. I look in her face and I see the memories there. I see how I hurt her and how I said the wrong things and how I got angry and how I wasn’t the man she hoped I’d be. I see that in her face and I see she’s going to die with that. You think I’m not preoccupied? (Stephen Dobyns Quotes) It was as if pain were a room he had entered and the door had been locked behind him (Stephen Dobyns Quotes)