Across Quote by Miller Williams

“Wherever it left us, we were barely learning to live with it when here came Flannery O'Connor and Hank Williams to tell us that…

— Miller Williams

I don't like poetry that doesn't give me a sense of ritual, but I don't like poetry that doesn't sound like people talking to…

— Miller Williams

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.

— Miller Williams

A thing may fail as a poem because it tries to do what a poem cannot do: it tries to become a treatise on…

— Miller Williams

I respond to mood. I hear some phrase, or pick up a rhythm.

— Miller Williams

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a…

— Miller Williams

“Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of…

— Miller Williams

I always have pen and paper with me.

— Miller Williams

Jazz is very important. It's not something I can put my finger on. When I'm writing at my favorite time, I like to have…

— Miller Williams

“He lives all alone now, in the home they bought, and finally seems to be managing, more or less. Not the way he was,…

— Miller Williams

I put myself in a spiritual and physical place where I've learned from experience the synapses are likely to fire and the juices are…

— Miller Williams

Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to…

— Miller Williams