Best Mary Karr Sayings
- Every poem probably has sixty drafts behind it. Behind
- The thing I have to do as a writer, and that God permits me to do, is that I have to be willing to fail. Fail
- Poetry privileges music and is aesthetically more challenging. Prose privileges information and is emotionally more challenging. Aesthetically
- I tell people not to write too soon about their lives. Writing about yourself too young is loaded with psychological complexities. Complexities
- Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time. Ability
- I do have a really good memory. I mean, like, I can remember all the phone numbers of everybody on the street I grew up… All
- As a memoirist, I strive for veracity. Memoirist