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title: "1 Publish Book Quotes By Kenneth Koch"
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> [It takes a long time to publish a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/it-takes-a-long-time-to-publish-a-book/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

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## More by Kenneth Koch

> [The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/the-subject-matter-of-the-stories-on-the-surface-there-seem-to-be-a/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [When you finish a poem, it clicks shut like the top of a jewel box, but prose is endless. I haven't experienced an awful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/when-you-finish-a-poem-it-clicks-shut-like-the-top-of-a-jewel-box-but/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [It's a well known thing that ordinary perceptions can have a strange aspect when one is travelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/it-s-a-well-known-thing-that-ordinary-perceptions-can-have-a-strange/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [“Summer in the trees! “It is time to strangle several bad poets.” / The yellow hobbyhorse rocks to and fro, and from the chimney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/summer-in-the-trees-it-is-time-to-strangle-several-bad-poets-the/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [If you want to know how much I love and care for you, count the waves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/if-you-want-to-know-how-much-i-love-and-care-for-you-count-the-waves/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [“Lies belong in poems”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/lies-belong-in-poems/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/i-was-excited-by-what-my-painter-friends-were-doing-and-they-seemed/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/picasso-said-once-when-being-interviewed-that-one-should-not-be-one-s/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [It takes a long time to publish a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/it-takes-a-long-time-to-publish-a-book/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/i-love-painting-and-music-of-course-i-don-t-know-nearly-as-much-about/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [“I wasn’t ready For you. I understood nothing Seemingly except my feelings You were whirling In your life I was keeping Everything in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/i-wasn-t-ready-for-you-i-understood-nothing-seemingly-except-my/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [I don't think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it's essentially lyrical but again I don't know if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/i-don-t-think-the-nature-of-my-poetry-is-satirical-or-even-ironic-i/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [“I probably misunderstand misunderstanding itself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/i-probably-misunderstand-misunderstanding-itself/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [“I love you as a sheriff searches for a walnut / That will solve a murder case unsolved for years / Because the murderer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/i-love-you-as-a-sheriff-searches-for-a-walnut-that-will-solve-a/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

> [As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do that then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/as-i-look-over-my-work-i-mean-every-time-i-look-over-my-early-work-i/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

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