"When I'm assembling a book I concentrate as though I were writing a poem. A truly imagined arrangement will indicate gaps and generate new poems. I re-read the new poems in my folder in the hope that this might happen."

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Source : Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk

Michael Longley

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Might Quotes

“To us â€” richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
“Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself.”
“I think Yelena Akhtiorskaya is a genius. What she manages to do, linguistically and emotionally, in the span of a single sentence, is astonishing.”
“Genius, apart from natural sensitiveness, is prone equally to unreasoning joy and to bitterest morbidness.”

Source : Mary MacLane (2014). “I Await the Devil's Coming: The Story of Mary MacLane”, p.63, The Floating Press
“I never condone wrongdoing in any area”
“You have to fight for your dream, but you also have to feel fortunate for what you have.”

Source : "Spanish staying power" by Amy Lawrence, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2008.
“I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely makes me laugh.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The U.S., out of all places, is just absolutely incredible.”

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