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Sharon Olds Quotes

A family is a mystery Picture Quote #1

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful Picture Quote #1

Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It’s written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour Picture Quote #1

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die Picture Quote #1

Well, ‘The Wellspring’ was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others’ experience Picture Quote #1

The teaching is very rewarding, and very time-consuming, and very exhausting. But it’s wonderful. The community here at NYU is very precious to me Picture Quote #1

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Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It’s not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me Picture Quote #1

Poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think. Out of memory - a dress I lent my daughter on her way back to college; a newspaper photograph of war; a breast self-exam; the tooth fairy; Calvinist parents who beat up their children; a gesture of love; seeing oneself naked over age 50 in a set of bright hotel bathroom mirrors Picture Quote #1

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard about all the other villages’ horrors at the same time Picture Quote #1

My poems - I don’t even like the sound of that, in a way. Not that anyone else wrote them. But we know that only people who are really close to us care about our personal experience Picture Quote #1

Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You’re working. You’re trying. You’re not lying down on the ground, having given up Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression Picture Quote #1

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Take your vitamins. Exercise. Just work to love yourself as much as you can - not more than the people around you but not so much less Picture Quote #1

We’re all taking on too much, we’re all asking too much of ourselves. We’re all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more Picture Quote #1

It might be a bad thing, not to know what’s going on in the world. I can’t say I really approve of it Picture Quote #1

One of the duties of a baseball fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression Picture Quote #1

Many poets write books. They’ll tell you: Well, I’ve got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me Picture Quote #1

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Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It’s not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me Picture Quote #1

I was very afraid that I wouldn’t be able to do this job well. And the time never came back Picture Quote #1

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it’s a poem, it’s almost written in my head somewhere Picture Quote #1

If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it’s really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting Picture Quote #1

Once you lose someone it is never exactly the same person who comes back Picture Quote #1

Maybe in order to understand sex fully/one has to risk being destroyed by it Picture Quote #1

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I did not know him, I knew my idea of him Picture Quote #1

It is forbidden to love where we are not loved Picture Quote #1

I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky Picture Quote #1

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself Picture Quote #1

I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me Picture Quote #1

Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream or whatever Picture Quote #1

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A family is a mystery (Sharon Olds Quotes) The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful (Sharon Olds Quotes) Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It’s written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour. (Sharon Olds Quotes) There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die (Sharon Olds Quotes) Well, ‘The Wellspring’ was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others’ experience (Sharon Olds Quotes) The teaching is very rewarding, and very time-consuming, and very exhausting. But it’s wonderful. The community here at NYU is very precious to me (Sharon Olds Quotes) Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It’s not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me (Sharon Olds Quotes) Poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think. Out of memory - a dress I lent my daughter on her way back to college; a newspaper photograph of war; a breast self-exam; the tooth fairy; Calvinist parents who beat up their children; a gesture of love; seeing oneself naked over age 50 in a set of bright hotel bathroom mirrors (Sharon Olds Quotes) The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard about all the other villages’ horrors at the same time (Sharon Olds Quotes) My poems - I don’t even like the sound of that, in a way. Not that anyone else wrote them. But we know that only people who are really close to us care about our personal experience (Sharon Olds Quotes) Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You’re working. You’re trying. You’re not lying down on the ground, having given up (Sharon Olds Quotes) I’m not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression (Sharon Olds Quotes) Take your vitamins. Exercise. Just work to love yourself as much as you can - not more than the people around you but not so much less (Sharon Olds Quotes) We’re all taking on too much, we’re all asking too much of ourselves. We’re all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more. (Sharon Olds Quotes) It might be a bad thing, not to know what’s going on in the world. I can’t say I really approve of it. (Sharon Olds Quotes) One of the duties of a baseball fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him (Sharon Olds Quotes) I’m not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression. (Sharon Olds Quotes) Many poets write books. They’ll tell you: Well, I’ve got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me. (Sharon Olds Quotes) Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It’s not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me. (Sharon Olds Quotes) I was very afraid that I wouldn’t be able to do this job well. And the time never came back. (Sharon Olds Quotes) I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it’s a poem, it’s almost written in my head somewhere. (Sharon Olds Quotes) If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it’s really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting. (Sharon Olds Quotes) Once you lose someone it is never exactly the same person who comes back (Sharon Olds Quotes) Maybe in order to understand sex fully/one has to risk being destroyed by it (Sharon Olds Quotes) I did not know him, I knew my idea of him (Sharon Olds Quotes) It is forbidden to love where we are not loved (Sharon Olds Quotes) I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky (Sharon Olds Quotes) I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself (Sharon Olds Quotes) I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me (Sharon Olds Quotes) Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream or whatever (Sharon Olds Quotes)

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