11 quotes found
Poet · American
American poet
“I have a plot, but not much happens.”
“A teacher is a person who never says anything once.”
“I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.”
“I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.”
“I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.”
“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
“[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).”
“Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow`s speed.”
“Language cares.”
“The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.”
“It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.”
