"I've spent much of my life being attuned to watching for an image or a phrase that can trigger what might be a poem - could become a poem."

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Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.

Pattiann Rogers

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“I really do think that every time you play a role well, you are in danger of being identified with that role until the next big thing comes along.”

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“Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.”
“I didn't want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.”
“I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.”
“It is easy to suppose that few people realize on that occasion, which comes to all of us, when we look at the blue sky for the first time, that is to say: not merely see it, but look at it and experience it and for the first time have a sense that we live in the center of a physical poetry, a geography that would be intolerable except for the non-geography that exists there - few people realize that they are looking at the world of their own thoughts and the world of their own feelings.”
“I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.”
“Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Hereâ€™s the million-dollar question: how are you going to write this book if youâ€™re afraid to start writing? Give your friend Doubt a name, and then block his calls.”

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