"Often when I write poetry I don't quite know what I'm saying myself. I mean, I can't restate the poem. The meaning of the poem is the 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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“For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.”
“While the film [Hide and seek] is a work of fiction, I know many people, not just women, who have felt the way my character feels in the film, a certain kind of invisibility. I am grateful that my parents, Bev Umehara and Russell Chang, instilled a healthy sense of self-esteem in me from an early age.”
“The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.”
“Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?”
“As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.”
“A business model describes how your company creates, delivers and capturesÂ value.”
“Give a man a mask and heâ€™ll tell you the truth.”
“Honey is hydrating and antiseptic. It really clears your skin, and its moisturizing. You can use it every day if you want. Its so gentle.”

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