"Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it."

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Source : Richard Hugo (1992). “The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company

Richard Hugo

#Writing Quotes

“I went back to Holland and I thought 'Ok, now I made so many movies in Hollywood, I know how special effects work, how to do action for not a lot of money, and I have all of these skills now.' It was something in Holland that nobody dared to touch.”
“I think we need to recover the depth, the subtlety, the generosity of imagination, the respect for wisdom that so marked Islam in its great ages.”
“does you costume involve leather?" she'd asked. and he'd said, "Actually, yeah, it might." it really did. it involved a leather dog collar, leather pants and a leash, and the leash was held by Ysandre, who was in skintight red rubber, from neck to knee high boots. she'd topped it off with a pair of devil horns and a red tridant. she'd made Shane her dog, complete with furry dog mask. ***"Breathe," Myrnin said. "I'm not much for it myself, but i hear it's quite good for humans."***”
“It is you and clean, flowing water. It is you, inquisitive, in a wild world that is older than man, seeking greater understanding and finding not only an endless interest but a tranquility that comes, most of the time, to all nature?s wild creatures...”

Source : Lee Wulff (1986). “Trout on a fly”, Lyons Press
“Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.”
“Success is not how much money you have in a bank. Success is how many lives you have touched.”
“Money has no moral opinions.”

Source : "Fictional character: Joe Morse". "Force of Evil", 1948.
“I was very dedicated and serious about fighting. I'd read about all the fighters. I found out where they came from, knew about their mothers and their fathers . . . I just read all about their lives, their training.”

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