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A lot happens by accident in poetry. - Howard Nemerov

A lot happens by accident in poetry. – Howard Nemerov

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For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. – Howard Nemerov

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Business
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History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. Its one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldnt live without. – Howard Nemerov

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History
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I do insist on making what I hope is sense so theres always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow. – Howard Nemerov

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Hope
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For me, poetry is a situation – a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Poetry

I have experienced healing through other writers poetry, but theres no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, Ill write a bad poem. – Marilyn Hacker

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Poetry

My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we dont want our lives to end. – John Barton

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Poetry

I dont think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs dont come from the surface they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. – Judy Collins

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Poetry

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I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldnt marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels. – Nicholas Sparks

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No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isnt yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. – Roddy Doyle

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Repeticio est mater studiorum. – Thomas Aquinas

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Communication is the key, and its one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors. – Steve Buscemi

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