"I think New York is working its way into my poems. It takes a while for a place to filter its way onto the page, but I've been reading more and more American poetry and I certainly feel it as quite a freeing force. Coming from the formally ordered tradition of poetry in Ireland, I find the expansiveness of American literature freeing in some sense."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Nick Laird

#Reading Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Filmmaking is a real craft.”

Source : "“Martha Marcy May Marlene” and Mister Sean Durkin". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com. October 20, 2011.
“Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.”

Source : Daniel Boone, Francis Lister Hawks (1996). “Daniel Boone: His Own Story”, p.7, Applewood Books
“The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they are developing a special sense of sympathy for all who suffer and fail of justice.”
“The game [football] has moved on a lot but still, ask most players and they will tell you that pre-season isn't their favourite time of the year.”
“While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.”
“Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 years.”
“A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!”
“I think I want to stick to jewelry. Perfumes are for the bigger media stars, and I think that works well for them. I don't think you have to be a big star to have a jewelry line; if something's pretty, I think people will want to buy it.”

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