"A lot of things appearing under my byline were written in one draft. But when I started to write poetry, I started getting fussy about every syllable. I wouldn't allow the work to be seen unless it felt perfect. Not clunky at all, no clunky syllables. So, really, for the printed page, it had to have a feeling of rhythmic and syntactic verisimilitude or something."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Richard Meltzer

#Writing Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live.”
“Her only flair is in her nostrils.”
“Let us also go, that we might die with him”
“Some people think wearing powder ages them, but try it anyway. For me it mattes my makeup and blends it well.”
“Get over jet-lag quickly. I think a lot of people waste the first few days sleeping in the wrong time zone. Sometimes I take melatonin but at other times a glass of wine will do it.”
“The thing you do is escape from them by immersing myself in the character you're playing.”
“When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?”
“A mighty wind of resolution sets in strong upon him and freshens the whole atmosphere of his soul, sweeping down before it the light flakes of difficulty, till they vanish like snow upon the sea. He is imprisoned no more in a small compartment of time, but belongs to an eternity which is now and here. The isolation of his separate spirit passes away; and with the countless multitude of souls akin to God, he is but a wave of his unbounded deep. He is at one with Heaven, and hath found the secret place of the Almighty.”

Source : James Martineau (1843). “Endeavours After the Christian Life: Discourses”, p.260

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