Emotional truth is the reward of digging deeply enough to find the truth about how one really feels, but in order to convey this truth with any force, or artistry, one needs to 'create' a form of expression, and this… — Philip Schultz Copy Share Image
I wrote poetry in a secretive way, I think, a secret from myself, I mean. I wrote it because it gave me great pleasure… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
“… Bless their believing happiness will make them happy; that the ocean is magical, a kingdom where we go to be human, and grateful.” — Philip Schultz Copy Share
My father's death when I was eighteen and his struggles as a Jewish immigrant provided me with the raw material, but for a long… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
Emotional truth is the reward of digging deeply enough to find the truth about how one really feels, but in order to convey this… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
There are real facts in my poems, but facts mixed up in the perverse stubborn stew of imagination, add a pinch or two of… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
Happiness is a powerful thing. It freed me to do what I always wanted to do. — Philip Schultz Copy Share
To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No, I said,… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
My poems often start with an idea, some kind of inspiration. I don't expect anything. Every now and then something like "The One Truth"… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
“I could take a walk with my wife and try to explain the ghosts I can't stop speaking to. Or I could read all… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
My first sense of myself was as an artist, a painter. I would see a Van Gogh painting and just love it, the more… — Philip Schultz Copy Share
Art is a crime scene in a sense, a crucible, of the mind and heart and our dreams. — Philip Schultz Copy Share
Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art. — Philip Schultz Copy Share
I'm the kind of father I wanted my father to be. That may be the sweetest revenge. — Philip Schultz Copy Share
