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> [“I go out on the side of a hill, maybe hunting deer, and sit there and see the shadow of night coming over the hill, and I can swear to you there is a part of me that is absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/i-go-out-on-the-side-of-a-hill-maybe-hunting-deer-and-sit-there-and/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

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## More by James Dickey

> [What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/what-i-want-is-to-be-willing-to-fail-rather-than-stagnate/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/i-once-had-the-nerve-to-ask-picasso-the-question-what-is-art-he/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/the-true-feeling-of-sex-is-that-of-a-deep-intimacy-but-above-all-of-a/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [“If I were going to tell one of my sons how to possess the world, I would simply bring him into my house, show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/if-i-were-going-to-tell-one-of-my-sons-how-to-possess-the-world-i/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [What a view, i said again. The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/what-a-view-i-said-again-the-river-was-blank-and-mindless-with-beauty/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [The body is the one thing you can't fake; it's just got to be there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/the-body-is-the-one-thing-you-can-t-fake-it-s-just-got-to-be-there/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/i-want-a-fever-in-poetry-a-fever-and-tranquillity/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem. Not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/i-do-think-the-author-ought-to-be-able-to-give-a-good-reason-for-the/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [You are bound, my hunch is, to make it just fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/you-are-bound-my-hunch-is-to-make-it-just-fine/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [Find something only you can say](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/find-something-only-you-can-say/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/i-think-ginsberg-has-done-more-harm-to-the-craft-that-i-honor-and/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [I don’t believe that a reviewer or a critic can really criticize well unless he can praise well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/i-don-t-believe-that-a-reviewer-or-a-critic-can-really-criticize-well/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/we-ve-always-had-a-tradition-in-america-of-hounding-our-artists-to/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [A poet trains himself to stand out in a storm and be struck by lightning. If he is lucky enough to be struck six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/a-poet-trains-himself-to-stand-out-in-a-storm-and-be-struck-by/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

> [Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/flight-is-the-only-truly-new-sensation-than-men-have-achieved-in/)

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