"I do believe that one's writing life needs to be kept separate from Po-Biz. Personally, I deal with this by not attending too many poetry readings, primarily reading dead poets or poems in translation, reading Poets & Writers only once for grant/contest information before I quickly dispose of it, and not reading Poetry Daily. Ever."

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Source : Source: www.redividerjournal.org

Cate Marvin

#Believe Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.”
“What a strange thing it is to recognize a sound like the shriek of a wounded animal, when you've never heard the shriek of a wounded animal.”

Source : John L'Heureux (2002). “An Honorable Profession”, p.17, Grove Press
“The American woman is more stylish than any other in the world. She understands the power of good style and has the confidence to feel comfortable.”
“We Germans carried our hatred from the First World War to the Second World War, and now you are about to carry the hatred about the murder of 5 million people on to another World War.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.
“Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things.”
“Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.”
“I have been younger in October than in all the months of spring.”
“Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don't be afraid of innovation. Don't be afraid of ideas that are not your own.”

Source : Response Post to David Winer's "Scripting News for 12/21/2006", scripting.wordpress.com. December 21, 2006.

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