Miller Williams Quotes
- Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to write…
- You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.
- Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.
- Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign…
- I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you, lucky…
- Every word you add dilutes the sentence.
- A thing may fail as a poem because it tries to do what a poem cannot do: it tries to become a treatise on cosmic…
- I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual.
- For something to be useful to the spirit is not very valuable to get your covered wagon across the desert. We have adopted that attitude…
- I respond to mood. I hear some phrase, or pick up a rhythm.
- I always have pen and paper with me.