Part of the pleasure of giving a reading comes from the rapport between the audience and the poet. I don't want to get mystical here, but there's an energy flow that begins with the poet, and the energy goes out… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
I've been working on a collection of prose vignettes about girls I've had crushes on, from the age of six to the age of… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
I don't do much of anything consciously in writing - in poetry writing, anyway, prose usually being a different matter, of course. — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Take care of things close to home first. Straighten up your room before you save the world. Then save the world. — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Almost everything that's happened in my poetry is what you might call organic. I don't do much preconceiving. The only consistent plan I've ever… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Collaborating with someone who doesn't understand your language nor you theirs stretches you open even wider, into a sort of very large free fall. — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Working with artists and other poets has made me aware that there was a bigger "me" that I hadn't been quite aware of. Plus… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
It seems more than likely that the translating of poetry is going to rub off on the translator if he or she is a… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
It's fun to have a crush on somebody, even one that lasts only fifteen seconds. In New York I can go down the street… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Not everyone is at the top of his or her game all the time - you can't be. — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Maybe lurking in my unconscious was the idea that when someone's collected poems are published it means that the poet is dead. I found… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
It is not easy writing someone a postcard. The size and shape of the card cut you down to size... — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
So writing about love or having it infuse the poems that I'm writing has never been something I've set myself to do, except when… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
