PoetryRobert Morgan I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. – Robert Morgan Background Quotes Chinese Quotes Japanese Quotes Literary Quotes Mathematics Quotes Poetry Quotes Sciences Quotes Translation Quotes Pound’s translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later. I think that it’s more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.
Rae Carson I miss my family and friends from Cali a lot. I also miss late-night business hours, hiking in the Sierra Nevada, and house boating in Gold Country. But in Ohio, housing is cheaper, everything is green year-round, and we get glorious thunderstorms. In California, I lived in a place that was infested with black widow spiders. – Rae Carson
Lata Mangeshkar I have decided that I won’t take up assignments that don’t interest me. – Lata Mangeshkar
Jessica Long My parents in America always told me that I was adopted. It’s never been a secret to me. – Jessica Long
Megan Rapinoe I’m totally obsessed with Tilda Swinton. She has this strange, beautiful sexiness about her. I love everything she does. And I love her hair. It was a little bit of an inspiration for mine. – Megan Rapinoe
Mark ConsuelosSpace I’m claustrophobic. I can’t go into haunted houses. They have these tight, dark, enclosed space. I freak out. That’s my phobia. It gets me out of stuff. Someone asks me to do something and I tell them I can’t because I’m claustrophobic. – Mark Consuelos
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