PoetryWislawa Szymborska Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That’s what writing is all about. – Wislawa Szymborska Born Quotes Bus Quotes Certainty Quotes Crowds Quotes Noise Quotes Poetry Quotes Telephone Quotes Walls Quotes Writing Quotes In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone’s existence in this world. Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.
JoBeth Williams I think there’s a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever. – JoBeth Williams
Margaret Mahy I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child. – Margaret Mahy
Jonathan Dee Children go from being a kind of cultural protectorate to the Junior Auxiliary of the tube-watching nation at large, and programs are designed for them on the same principle as they’re designed for grown-ups: as a way to sell eyeballs to advertisers. – Jonathan Dee
Arjun Kapoor I went to acting school, and I polished my dancing, but I didn’t really learn how to fight. – Arjun Kapoor
Morten AndersenPatience I owe Bum Phillips a huge tip of the 10-gallon hat. He had patience with me when I started my NFL career in New Orleans. And he stuck with me until we got it right. – Morten Andersen
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