A few of my favorite quotes from this magnificent poet:
It is impossible to write meaningless sequences. In a sense the next thing always belongs. In the world of imagination, all things belong.
Never worry about the reader, what the reader can understand. When you are writing, glance over your shoulder, and you'll find there is no reader. Just you and the page.
Knowing can be a limited thing.
You owe reality nothing at the truth about your feelings everything.
But in art, as seemingly in life, things happen without cause. They just happen.
It is narcissistic, vain, egotistical, unrealistic, selfish, and hateful to assume emotional ownership of a town or a word. It is also essential.
...you will always be chasing a way to write. Actually, you never really find it, or writing would be much easier than it is.
Words love the ridiculous areas of our minds.
Ultimately the most important things a poet will learn about writing are from himself in the process.
Never want to say anything so strongly that you give up the option of finding something better. If you have to say it, you will.
Richard Hugo's The Triggering Town is a book destined to stay on your desk and speak to you when you need it most. I hope you will read it.
Do you have any favorite poetry/writing quotes?
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