Dorianne Laux > Dorianne's Quotes

“No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down--impossible for them to stop reading it, word after word. You have to keep them from closing the book.”
― Muriel Rukeyser

“I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.”
― Sharon Olds

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
― Colette

“look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you...”
― Colette

“One breath taken completely; one poem, fully written, fully read - in such a moment, anything can happen.”
― Jane Hirshfield, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry

“I am living. I remember you.”
― Marie Howe, What the Living Do: Poems

“In the morning I get out of bed, I brush

my teeth, I wash my face, I get dressed in the clothes I like best.

I want to be good to myself.”
― Matthew Dickman