"There is no objection to the proposal: in order to learn to be a poet, I shall try to write a sonnet. But the thing you must try to write, when you do so, is a real sonnet, and not a practice sonnet."

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Source : "Just keep practising for real" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2002.

James Fenton

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Order Quotes

“Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.”
“We all need to go out of our minds at least once a day. When we go out of our minds we quickly come to our senses.”
“While we are here we should set goals and achieve them, make the best of things, make others feel good about themselves, and be happy with what we are and what we are doing.”
“I can't wish I weren't something that I am.”
“DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.”
“When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.”
“I think that Google has definitely influenced my moral values and the ethics. I think when Larry Page started the company, they weren't in it for the money. They started it because they really wanted to create something that; one, they wanted, and two, they thought was going to change the world.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet.”

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