Editing Quote by Natasha Trethewey

I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the…

— Eleanor Catton

Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.

— James Tate

I just think that the world of workshops - I've written a poem that is a parody of workshop talk, I've written a poem…

— Billy Collins

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly…

— Peter Davison

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.

— Victoria Chang

I think poetry workshops get a bad rap. I'm sure some aren't good, but in general, I like the format. I try and keep…

— Elaine Equi

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a…

— Octavia Butler

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

— Marianne Moore

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

— Edward Hirsch

A studio, like a poem, is an intimacy and a freedom you can look out from, into each part of your life and a…

— Jane Hirshfield

Craft is a trick you make up to let you write the poem.

— Anne Sexton

I have no one else involved in the writing process. I would hate to feel that I was going into the studio with something…

— Marika Hackman