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Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words.


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Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away.

Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away.



A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.

A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.



Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.

Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.



The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.

The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.



i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me

i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me



I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.



It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.

It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.



However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned.

However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned.



However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.



Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.





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May we know fear, but may we always refuse to court cowardice.



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When you tell other people to do stuff they don't know how to do, they tend to freak out.



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