"It was as important to live poetically as to write poems."

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Source : James Broughton (1990). “Special deliveries: new and selected poems”, Broken Moon Pr

James Broughton

#Writing Quotes #Important Quotes

“I write because I've always written, can't stop. I am a writing animal. The way a silk worm is a silk-producing animal.”
“I, with millions of other Americans, have the same dream Martin Luther King Jr. had; when I wake up I wish some of the things I dreamt would be true. I wish that little black and white boys and girls would hold hands without being shocked at their nearness to each other and say in a natural way, "we have overcome.”
“Especially with the video games and social media we have now, I think that turning point from kid to sort of adult has gotten earlier with TV shows that are on right now and video games. They all contribute to that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Here's why this matters: Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.”
“I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.”
“We can either allow our youth to shoot baskets or watch them continue to shoot people.”
“I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music.”
“The body should not just be something you see. It's also the inside of it. It's frightening and abstract and much more than pretty or not pretty. The shape of it is boring.”

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