Reading a good poem can give me a far bigger kick than a novel. But it's not something I can keep doing.… — Stephen Dobyns Bigger Copy Share Image
“When he began to talk about Wyndham, it was almost with relief, as if his purpose in life was to tell that… — Stephen Dobyns Life Copy Share Image
When a philosopher, scientist, or psychologist discusses the discrepancy between the actual and the ideal, he or she attempts to convince us… — Stephen Dobyns Approach Copy Share Image
My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound.… — Stephen Dobyns Alertness Copy Share Image
For the past thirty years or so, much American poetry has been marked by an earnestness that rejects the comic. This has… — Stephen Dobyns Comic Copy Share Image
I majored in English in college and that was my major in graduate school before switching to creative writing. I read a… — Stephen Dobyns College Copy Share Image
These people you used to see every day, friends or acquaintances, after a while they become as distant as any stranger, people… — Stephen Dobyns Acquaintance Copy Share Image
“Hesitancy is the surest destroyer of talent. One cannot be timorous and reticent, one must be original and loud. New metaphors, new… — Stephen Dobyns Intuition Copy Share Image
“The obsession was gone. We liked each other, even loved each other. And our sex was still good, but the hunger was… — Stephen Dobyns Bubonic plague Copy Share Image
Let's say someone has experienced a violent trauma or betrayal: a child has been raped by a parent or has witnessed the… — Stephen Dobyns Anger Copy Share Image
![“I majored in English in college and that was my major in graduate school before switching to creative writing. I read a lot of [Charles] Dickens and [Anthony ] Trollope, but there was lots of stuff I hadn't read like Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," which is so well written and funny.” quote by Stephen Dobyns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/693/stephen-dobyns-13599_college_i-majored-in-english-in-college-and-that_1010174.jpg)
