All Stephen Dobyns Quotes
- Most women are more into real estate than sex. They want to own you. Estate
- One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent. Concept
- For the past thirty years or so, much American poetry has been marked by an earnestness that rejects the comic. This has nothing to do… American
- I write poems to find out why I write them Find
- Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else. Each
- A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms. Beings
- Love doesn't need a reason. Hate needs a reason. Hate
- I like it to be quiet, and it usually occurs in the morning. There are three or four places in my house where I can… Accumulate
- I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it… Believe
- Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn't comic at all. The comic element works as a… All
- My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely… Alertness
- Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and gall.… All
- He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take one moment and remain inside… Bad
- Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass---a blend of stock car… All
- Actions have consequences. Ignorance about the nature of those actions does not free a person from responsibility for the consequences. (28) Action
- They are asleep. This is the condition they prefer. They are afraid of the world and sleep is a way of dealing with their fear.… Afraid
- Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to notice those youngsters who misbehave and call attention to themselves, but there are others, equally miserable, who… Adolescence
- Let's say someone has experienced a violent trauma or betrayal: a child has been raped by a parent or has witnessed the destruction of someone… Act
- There are many reasons for violence. This is just something that sometimes happens. We'd see it in treatment centers - the child who'd suffered something… Apart
- It was as if pain were a room he had entered and the door had been locked behind him. Been
- These people you used to see every day, friends or acquaintances, after a while they become as distant as any stranger, people you suddenly recall… Acquaintance
- My wife's dying upstairs and I can't do anything about it. I look in her face and I see the memories there. I see how… Angry