"I don't think any poetry is written that isn't primarily written to the self, in a way... I'm always talking to myself. But I seem to want somebody else to listen to it. I need, I do want an audience. So it's a strange thing. It's a very private conversation that then, you make public, kind of like the starfish flipping its stomach out."

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Source : "ArtWorks" with Jo Reed, www.arts.gov.

Kay Ryan

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Talking Quotes

“The day when we plan seriously to start living either never comes or it comes too late.”
“I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.”
“How about it's Hillary Clinton, she doesn't connect with people? How about they have nothing in common with her?”
“What you risk reveals what you value.”
“Great is the height I just scale, but the prospect of glory gives me strength.”
“It got hard to juggle the funny on set and then even harder in post-production.”

Source : "Interview: Jerusha Hess and J.J. Feild of 'Austenland'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. August 22, 2013.
“I love to remember my enemies and I love to get my enemies. I had some enemies. I had people that really I helped a lot. And when I needed the help, in some cases, they were not there for me.”
“ARGH! There's no such thing [as writer's block]. Seriously: THERE. IS. NO. SUCH. THING. You know what there is? There's a bunch of problems, creative and otherwise, that can stop you writing. They are not block. They are important skills.”

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