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> [I say sometimes that I'm a poet but I work in the novel form. That's what I do. That's what makes sense to me. I think of myself as someone who makes particular interventions into genres that already exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/i-say-sometimes-that-i-m-a-poet-but-i-work-in-the-novel-form-that-s/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

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## More by Douglas A. Martin

> [If you're reading a book that I've written in the first person, without named characters, you will periodically perhaps as a reader remind yourself:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/if-you-re-reading-a-book-that-i-ve-written-in-the-first-person/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

> [I'm always writing a new book even when books are being shopped around, and none of my books has been published in the order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/i-m-always-writing-a-new-book-even-when-books-are-being-shopped/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

> [I think Stephen Crane too becomes trapped in a myth that poetry should be operating at a certain level, that there's the real world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/i-think-stephen-crane-too-becomes-trapped-in-a-myth-that-poetry/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

> [William Faulkner was the master of what one must do to be serious. But I don't understand why people haven't moved forward from that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/william-faulkner-was-the-master-of-what-one-must-do-to-be-serious-but/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

> [I say sometimes that I'm a poet but I work in the novel form. That's what I do. That's what makes sense to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/i-say-sometimes-that-i-m-a-poet-but-i-work-in-the-novel-form-that-s/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

> [As a gay writer and someone who began by writing autobiographical fiction, it's hard to get away from chatter of "You're just a narcissist,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/as-a-gay-writer-and-someone-who-began-by-writing-autobiographical/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

> [I can start with the idea of taking until you can take off, through the idea that all of my writing foregrounds the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/i-can-start-with-the-idea-of-taking-until-you-can-take-off-through/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

> [I'm writing as I'm reading. I'm constantly already engaged in dialogue with the critics. None of these are my ideas solely. They are my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/i-m-writing-as-i-m-reading-i-m-constantly-already-engaged-in-dialogue/)

[Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/)

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