Jorie graham

As to what I would say to a young writer? Don't think of it as a career, think of it as practice. Read everything by one poet. Learn one whole language and world at a time. Don't worry about understanding it critically. Not at first. Not for a long time.

Wallace Stevens

Poetry resists intelligence almost successfully

Yiyun Li

No matter what language, you have to struggle to put thought into words

On clemente

He feels very strongly about his ideas and moves forward without hesitation

Robert verdi

Fashion is about a way to inform others about who you are or who you want to be without even opening your mouth

Be a disciplined practitioner and get your work done

Writing is like trying to photograph perfume

Clarice lisps tot

Feed the lake

Peter De Seve

Drawing from the imagination is not the same as drawing from life and writing book reviews is not the same as writing a short story. But the critical thinking needed to write a book review can help inform a work of fiction, the same way drawing a real person can help you better depict one who is wholly invented.