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> [All writers know in advance that they are not going be able to reproduce in its wonderful fullness the thing that's in their heads; we're going to get some corner of it. We're going to do the best we can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/all-writers-know-in-advance-that-they-are-not-going-be-able-to/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

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## More by Mary Jo Salter

> [Like a page dipped in ink, your cuff's in my coffee. / You have something to tell with unbuttoned sleeves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/like-a-page-dipped-in-ink-your-cuff-s-in-my-coffee-you-have-something/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [Part of what the imagination does later in life is it's linking you not just to who you are now but to all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/part-of-what-the-imagination-does-later-in-life-is-it-s-linking-you/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [Writing is a bit like walking into a big bookstore. It's the bookstore of your brain, and you know you're never going to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/writing-is-a-bit-like-walking-into-a-big-bookstore-it-s-the-bookstore/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [The one concession I've made as I've gotten older is that my children are now adults and they're in their twenties and thirties and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/the-one-concession-i-ve-made-as-i-ve-gotten-older-is-that-my-children/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [And I said to myself, here's the problem with the world: The Italians are too Italian, and nobody else is Italian enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/and-i-said-to-myself-here-s-the-problem-with-the-world-the-italians/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [A number of people have written poems about Trump already, and I salute them. He is so beyond anything we could have imagined and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/a-number-of-people-have-written-poems-about-trump-already-and-i/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [As poets, we're writing into the void, and we're not writing to be bestsellers. Whatever individual responses we get, whether at a reading, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/as-poets-we-re-writing-into-the-void-and-we-re-not-writing-to-be/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [Money is that dear thing which, if you're not careful, you can squander your whole life thinking of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/money-is-that-dear-thing-which-if-you-re-not-careful-you-can-squander/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [Political poetry is the hardest thing to write because you cannot preach to the converted, and if you're only seeking to convert, then write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/political-poetry-is-the-hardest-thing-to-write-because-you-cannot/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [All writers know in advance that they are not going be able to reproduce in its wonderful fullness the thing that's in their heads;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/all-writers-know-in-advance-that-they-are-not-going-be-able-to/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

> [I am a relatively rational being and I like to create order in poems. I like meter, I like rhyme, but ultimately I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jo-salter/i-am-a-relatively-rational-being-and-i-like-to-create-order-in-poems/)

[Mary Jo Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jo-salter/)

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