Sharon Olds quotes - page 2

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me. (Sharon Olds)
When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time. View quote
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I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think. View quote
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I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it's a poem, it's almost written in my head somewhere. View quote
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I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back. View quote
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There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die. View quote
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We're all taking on too much, we're all asking too much of ourselves. We're all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more. View quote
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Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It's written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour. View quote
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I think that my work is easy to understand because I am not a thinker, I am not a... How can I put it I write the way I perceive, I guess. View quote
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Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream or whatever. View quote
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Everyone is so different. I sometimes wish I wrote in a different way. You know, that feeling of So-and-so writes slowly, if only I wrote slowly. (Sharon Olds)
The teaching is very rewarding, and very time-consuming, and very exhausting. But it's wonderful. The community here at NYU is very precious to me. View quote
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Every poet I know - although there may be some I don't know who lead very different lives, who maybe live in the country and don't teach - tends to be just like the rest of us just really busy, really overcommitted. View quote
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