"Good writing works from a simple premise: your……" — Dorianne Laux
"Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's."
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22 Quotes by Dorianne Laux
Dorianne Laux has 22 quotes on this site.
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You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you…
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A poem is like a child; at some point we have to let it go and trust that it will…
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We all get habituated, right? You get up in the morning, have your coffee, and read your newspaper, and that’s…
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I don’t worry anymore about writing. There are times that I go through dry periods. I never go through a…
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I love people and psychology. As a writer, I’m not so interested in Fred getting from the living room to…
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You’ve traveled this far on the back of every mistake
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Tinted Distances is a tender meditation that reveals a careful eye and steady devotion to elegy and ode.
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Someone spoke to me last night,/ told me the truth. Just a few words,. but I recognized it./ I knew…
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Poetry is an intimate act. It's about bringing forth something that's inside you--whether it is a memory, a philosophical idea,…
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Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.
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We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary…
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Writing and reading are the only ways to find your voice. It won't magically burst forth in your poems the…
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
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