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Billy Collins Quotes

It’s an important social duty to spread the word of English to people whose livelihoods depend on knowing the language Picture Quote #1

I know my voice has a limited range of motion; I don’t write dramatic monologues and pretend to be other people. But so far, my voice is broad enough to accommodate most of what I want to put into my poetry. I like my persona; I often wish I were him and not me Picture Quote #1

I just reached the point where plot-driven novels don’t hold my interest because I don’t care about the fate of characters anymore - whether Emily marries Tom or not, that kind of thing Picture Quote #1

Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield Picture Quote #1

There are easier ways of making sense,the connoisseurship of gesture, for example.You hold a girl’s face in your hands like a vase.You lift a gun from the glove compartmentand toss it out the window into the desert heat Picture Quote #1

I think the pleasure of form is that you have a companion with you besides all the poetry you have ever read Picture Quote #1

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Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time Picture Quote #1

We love, you know, children love the ingredients of poetry. And then they go into this tunnel that we call adolescence, and when they come out of it, they hate poetry Picture Quote #1

I’m easily frightened, and I’ve also come to realize that old Catholic guilt or remorse is easily stimulated Picture Quote #1

I have my Poetry 180 project, which I’ve made my main project. We encourage high schools, because that’s really where, for most people, poetry dies off and gets buried under other adolescent pursuits Picture Quote #1

I have a stack of those plastic card hotel room keys that I picked up on this latest book tour. It’s about a yard tall. Ah yes, a stack of lonely nights Picture Quote #1

I find a lot of poetry very disappointing, but I do have poets that I go back to. One book of poetry that I’d like to mention is ‘The Exchange’ by Sophie Cabot Black. Her poems are difficult without being too difficult Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think anybody reads a book of poetry front to back. Editors and reviewers only. I don’t think anybody else does Picture Quote #1

I’m not a claustrophobe, but you don’t need to be to feel claustrophobic inside an MRI. It’s like being buried alive Picture Quote #1

When you put a poem on a Kindle, the lines are broken in order to fit on the screen. And so instead of being the poet’s decision, it becomes the device’s decision Picture Quote #1

My poems tend to have rhetorical structures; what I mean by that is they tend to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. There tends to be an opening, as if you were reading the opening chapter of a novel. They sound like I’m initiating something, or I’m making a move Picture Quote #1

The really authentic thing about humor is that anyone can pretend to be serious. Anyone who’s ever had a job - in fact, we’re pretending to be serious now, more or less Picture Quote #1

I was able to read poets that were - allowed me to be humorous without being silly Picture Quote #1

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I was a pretty happy kid, I had to fake it. I had to get into this miserable character before I wrote poems Picture Quote #1

I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be miserable Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of unconscious activity that goes on I think in the composition of a poem Picture Quote #1

I see the progress typical in some of my poems as starting with something simple and moving into something more demanding. This is certainly the pattern of weird poetry Picture Quote #1

No one here likes a wet dog Picture Quote #1

…balancing the wish to be lost with the need to be found Picture Quote #1

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Death is what makes life fun Picture Quote #1

I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word accessible Picture Quote #1

Write the poem only you can write Picture Quote #1

So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart Picture Quote #1

In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice Picture Quote #1

Life is a loaded gun that looks right at you with a yellow eye Picture Quote #1

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It’s an important social duty to spread the word of English to people whose livelihoods depend on knowing the language. (Billy Collins Quotes) I know my voice has a limited range of motion; I don’t write dramatic monologues and pretend to be other people. But so far, my voice is broad enough to accommodate most of what I want to put into my poetry. I like my persona; I often wish I were him and not me. (Billy Collins Quotes) I just reached the point where plot-driven novels don’t hold my interest because I don’t care about the fate of characters anymore - whether Emily marries Tom or not, that kind of thing. (Billy Collins Quotes) Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield. (Billy Collins Quotes) There are easier ways of making sense,the connoisseurship of gesture, for example.You hold a girl’s face in your hands like a vase.You lift a gun from the glove compartmentand toss it out the window into the desert heat. (Billy Collins Quotes) I think the pleasure of form is that you have a companion with you besides all the poetry you have ever read (Billy Collins Quotes) Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time. (Billy Collins Quotes) We love, you know, children love the ingredients of poetry. And then they go into this tunnel that we call adolescence, and when they come out of it, they hate poetry. (Billy Collins Quotes) I’m easily frightened, and I’ve also come to realize that old Catholic guilt or remorse is easily stimulated. (Billy Collins Quotes) I have my Poetry 180 project, which I’ve made my main project. We encourage high schools, because that’s really where, for most people, poetry dies off and gets buried under other adolescent pursuits. (Billy Collins Quotes) I have a stack of those plastic card hotel room keys that I picked up on this latest book tour. It’s about a yard tall. Ah yes, a stack of lonely nights. (Billy Collins Quotes) I find a lot of poetry very disappointing, but I do have poets that I go back to. One book of poetry that I’d like to mention is ‘The Exchange’ by Sophie Cabot Black. Her poems are difficult without being too difficult. (Billy Collins Quotes) I don’t think anybody reads a book of poetry front to back. Editors and reviewers only. I don’t think anybody else does. (Billy Collins Quotes) I’m not a claustrophobe, but you don’t need to be to feel claustrophobic inside an MRI. It’s like being buried alive. (Billy Collins Quotes) When you put a poem on a Kindle, the lines are broken in order to fit on the screen. And so instead of being the poet’s decision, it becomes the device’s decision. (Billy Collins Quotes) My poems tend to have rhetorical structures; what I mean by that is they tend to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. There tends to be an opening, as if you were reading the opening chapter of a novel. They sound like I’m initiating something, or I’m making a move. (Billy Collins Quotes) The really authentic thing about humor is that anyone can pretend to be serious. Anyone who’s ever had a job - in fact, we’re pretending to be serious now, more or less (Billy Collins Quotes) I was able to read poets that were - allowed me to be humorous without being silly (Billy Collins Quotes) I was a pretty happy kid, I had to fake it. I had to get into this miserable character before I wrote poems (Billy Collins Quotes) I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be miserable (Billy Collins Quotes) There’s a lot of unconscious activity that goes on I think in the composition of a poem (Billy Collins Quotes) I see the progress typical in some of my poems as starting with something simple and moving into something more demanding. This is certainly the pattern of weird poetry (Billy Collins Quotes) No one here likes a wet dog (Billy Collins Quotes) …balancing the wish to be lost with the need to be found (Billy Collins Quotes) Death is what makes life fun (Billy Collins Quotes) I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word accessible (Billy Collins Quotes) Write the poem only you can write (Billy Collins Quotes) So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart (Billy Collins Quotes) In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice (Billy Collins Quotes) Life is a loaded gun that looks right at you with a yellow eye (Billy Collins Quotes)

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