--- title: "1 Think Interested Quotes By Joan Larkin" description: "1 Think Interested quotes by Joan Larkin. Plus more from Joan Larkin and more Think Interested sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/joan-larkin-26192_doing_i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in_3118729.jpg" --- > [I think we're always most interested in the things we're doing right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in-the-things-we-re-doing-right/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/joan-larkin-26192_doing_i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in_3118729.jpg) ## More by Joan Larkin > [Keep growing. Stay awake. Beware of gurus. Keep a low overhead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/keep-growing-stay-awake-beware-of-gurus-keep-a-low-overhead/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Spanish and English have such different music, and in my own poetry I feel much less drawn to fluid sounds than I do toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/spanish-and-english-have-such-different-music-and-in-my-own-poetry-i/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/people-need-what-they-think-of-as-a-poem-to-be-read-at-their-bar/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I'm trying to stay open to the idea that the Internet is not the evil foe of publishing but the handmaiden that will turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-m-trying-to-stay-open-to-the-idea-that-the-internet-is-not-the-evil/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [It takes courage to get clear about what your vision of the work is and to be persistent about it and pursue it, whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/it-takes-courage-to-get-clear-about-what-your-vision-of-the-work-is/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I'm grateful for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/teaching-has-given-me-a-community-that-cares-about-poetry-and-i-m/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I think translation is an impossible job, and I admire the people who do it in a way that brings poetry to us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-think-translation-is-an-impossible-job-and-i-admire-the-people-who/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can't imagine trying to translate something without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/rhythms-and-sounds-are-often-the-first-thing-i-hear-and-want-in-a/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Poetry is a tree with very deep roots and while there may be excitement about this or that new little branch, you're not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/poetry-is-a-tree-with-very-deep-roots-and-while-there-may-be/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I love that people want to know about poetry. It's one of the ways of keeping alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-love-that-people-want-to-know-about-poetry-it-s-one-of-the-ways-of/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [People want poetry and need it - we need what's not honored by the corporate mentality that has taken over. It gives people a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/people-want-poetry-and-need-it-we-need-what-s-not-honored-by-the/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/after-i-started-publishing-poetry-i-got-to-teach-creative-writing/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/from-the-beginning-i-was-a-poem-writing-child-i-wrote-little-novels/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I'm much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I've gotten very surgical about poems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-m-much-more-capable-of-cutting-back-than-of-expanding-i-ve-gotten/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [“Is ‘vagina’ suitable for use in a sonnet? I don’t suppose so. A famous poet told me, ‘Vagina’s ugly.’ Meaning, of course, the sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/is-vagina-suitable-for-use-in-a-sonnet-i-don-t-suppose-so-a-famous/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-interested/joan-larkin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Interested Quotes By Joan Larkin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think we're always most interested in the things we're doing right now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joan Larkin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in-the-things-we-re-doing-right/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/joan-larkin-26192_doing_i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in_3118729.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/joan-larkin-26192_doing_i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in_3118729.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/joan-larkin-26192_doing_i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in_3118729.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think we're always most interested in the things we're doing right now.” — Joan Larkin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-interested/joan-larkin/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-interested/joan-larkin/", "name": "Think Interested Quotes by Joan Larkin", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-interested/joan-larkin/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/joan-larkin-26192_doing_i-think-we-re-always-most-interested-in_3118729.jpg" }, "description": "1 Think Interested quotes by Joan Larkin. 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