Kathleen Rooney Quotes
As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.
The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel.
Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happened as opposed to just what happened.
The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.
I wasn't glad that I hadn't died. And I wasn't sad that I hadn't. I wasn't anything.
If you love something, know that it will leave on a day you are far from ready.
I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.
Like many parents in middle age, he's quick to spot changes in the world, slow to note shifts in his own perspective.
