“I will be gone, but I will miss you if I’m still able to miss anything, that is, if some particle of… — Denise Duhamel Gone Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and… — Denise Duhamel Book Copy Share Image
If you are my friend and say to me, "Please don't write about this," I won't. — Denise Duhamel Friend Copy Share Image
My advice to my younger self would have been, "Chill. Concentrate on the poems. Everything else will work itself out." — Denise Duhamel Advice Copy Share Image
I am open to squeezing in whatever I can in this wonderful life. Instead of asking, "Is that all there is?" I… — Denise Duhamel Asking Copy Share Image
I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very… — Denise Duhamel Chores Copy Share Image
After my marriage ended, I had an urge to skip that part of my life completely in terms of poetry, not publish… — Denise Duhamel Life Copy Share Image
I also could see myself as a stand-up comedian, a fashion designer (for people of all sizes), a hairdresser, an earnest and… — Denise Duhamel Bistro Copy Share Image
What has stayed true in my life as a writer is my dedication to writing - I try to write every day,… — Denise Duhamel Dedication Copy Share Image
I don't know if there are topics that I unconsciously avoid, but as soon as they pop up in my writing, I… — Denise Duhamel Ifs Copy Share Image
I am interested in the confines of the page and busting through/off the page as well. A writer must let go of… — Denise Duhamel Busting Copy Share Image
Writing is performative - and while, yes, the words in essence will be there "forever," poems are often about ecstatic moments rather… — Denise Duhamel Ecstatic Copy Share Image
I started wanting desperately to say something, to make a point, to be heard - and I still feel that way. Free… — Denise Duhamel Feels Copy Share Image
Though it does seem like I have written an immense amount of work, over the years I have pushed the pause button.… — Denise Duhamel Amount Copy Share Image
I love going to movie theaters, even in the era of movies on-demand and Netflix. When you are in a movie theater,… — Denise Duhamel Demand Copy Share Image
I have no idea, actually, where I fit in, in terms of poetry camps. At AWP conferences, I have been on panels… — Denise Duhamel Body Copy Share Image
In almost every book I've written, there is a reference to a movie - legendary films, actors and actresses, and forgotten made-for-TV… — Denise Duhamel Actors Copy Share Image
“I just didn’t get it— even with the teacher holding an orange (the earth) in one hand and a lemon (the moon)… — Denise Duhamel Arrogance Copy Share Image
While poetry was less professionalized than it is now, I still had this urge to win prizes and see my work in… — Denise Duhamel Frantic Copy Share Image
The "biggest" poems I ever made are based on the psychological principal of the "Johari Window:" what the self freely shares with… — Denise Duhamel Made Copy Share Image
Not that a poem can "hurt" someone the same way a physical blow can or even a mean remark can...I just felt… — Denise Duhamel Blow Copy Share Image
Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said. — Denise Duhamel Form Copy Share Image
In addition to writing in received forms, I have also had fun making up forms - Möbius strips and visual poems, particularly. — Denise Duhamel Form Copy Share Image
Unlike Woody Allen, I would be happy to be part of any (poetry) club that would have me. — Denise Duhamel Clubs Copy Share Image
The spoken word community was significant in making me want to write accessible and urgent poems. Bob Holman, in particular, was an… — Denise Duhamel Bob Copy Share Image
Visual media is the dominant art form in our present day culture, whereas poetry is, at best, a proxy. Yet poetry and… — Denise Duhamel Art Copy Share Image
“Buddhist Barbie" In the 5th century B.C. an Indian philosopher Gautama teaches "All is emptiness" and "There is no self." In the… — Denise Duhamel Buddhism Copy Share Image
I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to… — Denise Duhamel Believe Copy Share Image
The "truth" is the poem itself. Just because someone writes a poem about a feeling she has does not mean that the… — Denise Duhamel Doe Copy Share Image
I had no idea, when I was writing early on, that my poems would be published or read by anyone, never mind… — Denise Duhamel Ideas Copy Share Image
I still write what I need to write - but I can't deny that something has changed when I think about sending… — Denise Duhamel Changed Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I loved acting, painting, photography, and making films with my friend's Super 8 camera. But I always loved writing… — Denise Duhamel Acting Copy Share Image
Jean Valentine and Jane Cooper were my professors at Sarah Lawrence College - and they were uncompromised in their art. They gave… — Denise Duhamel Art Copy Share Image
I began to think about the extent to which nude and semi-nude female bodies are commonplace in our present day culture and… — Denise Duhamel Affected Copy Share Image
“The busybody (banned as sexist, demeaning to older women) who lives next door called my daughter a tomboy (banned as sexist) when… — Denise Duhamel First amendment Copy Share Image
