"I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing."

-- Robert Morgan

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“Love who you are, and you're good enough, and you don't need to feel like you need to apologize for who you are, and you don't need to feel like you need to try to be someone you're not.”

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“If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved.”
“Once more September marveled that even the Dodo knew what she wanted to be when she was grown. She simply could not think what she herself might do. September expected that destinies, which is how she thought of professions, simply landed upon one like a crown, and ever after no one questioned or fretted over it, being sure of oneâ€™s own use in the world. It was only that somehow her crown had not yet appeared. She did hope it would hurry up.”
“There is nobody who is so enlightened that they don't need to work on themselves.”
“but all I could think was in New York that kid would have been stuck in a straitjacket practically from birth and dangled over a tank full of Educational Consultants and Remedial Experts all snapping at his ankles for the next twenty years arguing about his Special Needs and getting paid plenty for it.”
“Though it does seem like I have written an immense amount of work, over the years I have pushed the pause button. I have poems that I haven't sent out for publication, mostly based on political/social issues.”

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“Yes, the more successful you areâ€”or the stronger, the more opinionatedâ€”the less you will be generally liked. All of a sudden people will think youâ€™re too braggy, too loud, too something. But the trade-off is undoubtedly worth it. Power and authenticity are worth it.”
“Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's to remind myself to be more committed.”

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