Robert Penn Warren Quotes About Writing
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The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.
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I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without.
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In one deep sense, novels are concealed autobiography. I don't mean that you are telling facts about yourself, but you are trying to find out what you really think or who you are.
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All I've tried to do (with my writing) is capture the essence of my time.
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I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
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The image that fiction presents is purged of the distractions, confusions and accidents of ordinary life.
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Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.
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The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
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