"I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to write. I meet the muse in the poems of others and invite her to my poems. I see over and over again, in different ways, what is possible, how the perimeters of poetry are expanding and making way for new forms."

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Source : Interview with Karla Huston, www.smartishpace.com. 2004.

Denise Duhamel

#Believe Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“My morality and faith are choices. My sexual orientation however isn't.”
“It's not that I'm sick of the theater, don't get me wrong. I'm just tired of the commitment.”
“I want to thank my wife who I don't normally usually associate with Iran. I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It's good. It is work, but it's the best kind of work, and there's no one I'd rather work with!”

Source : Ben Affleck's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 24, 2013.
“Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.”
“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.”
“What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.”
“I'm not out to change the world. I'm out to change mine.”
“Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.”

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