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> [I hate the word mentor, the professionalization of friendships between generations. I just feel like the fact of friendship is the thing we all adored, like the younger befriends or reaches out to their hero, and for me, whenever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/i-hate-the-word-mentor-the-professionalization-of-friendships-between/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

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## More by Eileen Myles

> [Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/poetry-is-my-politics-it-s-an-opportunity-that-gives-me-a-way-to-speak/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [Women aren't physically afraid of men; women are genetically afraid of men. It's happened for such a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/women-aren-t-physically-afraid-of-men-women-are-genetically-afraid-of/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [I hate the word mentor, the professionalization of friendships between generations. I just feel like the fact of friendship is the thing we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/i-hate-the-word-mentor-the-professionalization-of-friendships-between/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [I think poets are supposed to be writing for television and film. I grew up in the day of early TV that was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/i-think-poets-are-supposed-to-be-writing-for-television-and-film-i/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/listen-i-have-been-educated-i-have-learned-about-western-civilization/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [Part of the glamour of being a poet was always this long reach into the future. You knew you were managing time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/part-of-the-glamour-of-being-a-poet-was-always-this-long-reach-into/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [Time passes. That's for sure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/time-passes-that-s-for-sure/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/i-really-just-love-reading-it-s-my-favorite-thing-performing-my-poems/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [“All the details of my life were in exact order and yet I was tumbling in them-out of order like a tremendous wave had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/all-the-details-of-my-life-were-in-exact-order-and-yet-i-was-tumbling/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/urban-nature-is-like-living-with-mass-conditions-it-sometimes-feels/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [“If passion was a substance I would say it is dark brown, and then blood red. It's like wet grass, tons of it soaked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/if-passion-was-a-substance-i-would-say-it-is-dark-brown-and-then/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [“On The Death of Robert Lowell by Eileen Myles O, I don’t give a shit. He was an old white haired man Insensate beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/on-the-death-of-robert-lowell-by-eileen-myles-o-i-don-t-give-a-shit/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [I hope you all find yourselves sleeping with someone you love, maybe not all of the time, but a lot of the time. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/i-hope-you-all-find-yourselves-sleeping-with-someone-you-love-maybe/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [I'm a poet born in the era of Andy Warhol and a generation that wanted to be famous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/i-m-a-poet-born-in-the-era-of-andy-warhol-and-a-generation-that/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

> [People love discovering you. The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs, you're their friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/people-love-discovering-you-the-thing-about-not-being-historically-a/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

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