"A successful poem says what a poet wants to say, and more, with particular finality. The remarks he makes about his poems are incidental when the poem is good, or embarrassing or absurd when it is bad and he is not permitted to say how the good poem is good, and may never know how the bad poem is bad. It is better to write about other people's poetry."

-- Randall Jarrell

#Writing Quotes #Successful Quotes #People Quotes

“An entire composition written in jazz could not live.”
“You can't have a conversation with someone who's intimidated by you all the time.”
“A lot of people got lost in Hollywood while trying to become a star. They lost themselves.”
“I find those wind turbines around Lake George to be utterly offensive. I think they're just a blight on the landscape.”
“Having lost the last war, they are currently enjoying a Wirtschaftswunder , which can be briefly translated as "The best way to own a Mercedes is to build one.”

Source : "The Sanity Inspector". Book by Alan Coren, 1974.
“I like to work as little as possible to make the most money possible.”
“I was in love with someone very much, but he didn't love me and never would. I had a very difficult time accepting that. But I had hurt him very much, and I could see why he could never love me”
“In the early morning hours, Hannah read at the table by the dim light of dawn. She leaned in close to the pages, chin resting on her folded arms, eyes racing over the words, like chasing butterflies over the hills, to catch as many as she could before going to work. She wondered at how such tales of magic could be contained by mere paper and ink for her to read again and again.”

Source : Matthew J. Kirby (2012). “The Clockwork Three”, p.29, Scholastic Inc.

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