Behind Quote by Cynthia Ozick

When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.

— Edwidge Danticat

A lot of things appearing under my byline were written in one draft. But when I started to write poetry, I started getting fussy…

— Richard Meltzer

Now, the process of writing poetry is very messy. Not systematic, never quite the same

— Edward Hirsch

As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall…

— Candace Bushnell

Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. .

— Ritu Ghatourey

If there is any difficulty in what I write, it is because of the material I use. The thought is always simple.

— James Joyce

The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the…

— Anonymous

I start to think, and then I sink Into the paper like I was ink When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines…

— Rakim

When you write, it’s like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity. Your fingers have…

— Edwidge Danticat

You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage…

— John Berryman

I can blend words easily with my pen, and show concepts from deep within. Yet not everyone gets the message I send. So why…

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

— Franz Kafka