Poetry Quote by C.D. Wright

“Words have the power to shoot down or raise up. Sharp cutting words can whirl for years.”

— Louise M. Wisechild

“No words are too good for the cutting-room floor, no idea so fine that it cannot be phrased more succinctly.”

— Merilyn Simonds

“The trouble with words is that no matter how much sense they make in theory, they can’t change what you feel inside.”

— Rebecca James

“That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.”

— Kelly Barnhill

“Words have an immeasurable impact, they can either build or destroy so be careful of your words.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

“Words have consequences.”

— Albert Marrin

“Words can be as irrevocable as an action. They can cut as deeply as a surgeon’s scalpel.”

— Gina Barreca

“The hard part is putting one word after another.”

— Jo Linsdell

“Words can get lost, become meaningless and fall away. And promises have a way of getting broken.”

— Kate Stewart

“Only the educated stop to look for words - having enough to occasionally misplace them.”

— Derek B. Miller

“Your job is to find better ideas, mine is to cut holes in the ones you have, and you've already done that pretty well.”

— Steven Brust

“There is no razor sharper than that of words.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough