"Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldnâ€™t know what else to be."

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Source : "A Quick Interview With Alice Notley". Interview with Corey Zeller, ampersandreview.com. May 11, 2014.

Alice Notley

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“If you go out on a date, for the first date, a guy should pay, a guy should be respectful and, you know, I'm not saying roll out a red carpet, but, like, open the door and just be polite and just have common courtesy. I don't think that's too much to ask.”

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“Everybody's entitled to think whatever they want and to express that, but my personal day-to-day experience does not come into contact with any of those people.”
“The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.”
“There are always tons of names on a movie of people that didn't actually do anything on that film. I feel bad for the people that busted their ***** because they get the same credit as someone who did nothing. It's kind of a weird thing.”
“The biggest klutz would be myself, so if I could offer help to myself I would. I'm the most off my game most often.”
“Her eyes take on that suspicious, wounded look girls get when they know they've fallen off the top rung of friendship and someone else has passed them, but they don't know when or how the change took place.”
“I love telling good stories and I love playing powerful, strong women.”
“I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more.”

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