“The hardest thing in the world is being a critic of your own work. For me time has always been the best critic. If I can put something away and then come back, it's like taking a painting you're working on, turning it upside down, squinting at it, or walking away to get a new view. Time helps you know whether it's worth saving or whether it should be dumped.” IfsKnowsWorldShouldI CanHelpingViewsPaintingWalkingCriticsHardestSavingHardest ThingUpside DownWalking AwayDumpedSquinting Author:Karla Kuskin
“If you, Like me, Were made of fur, And sun warmed you, Like me, You'd purr.” IfsMadeSunCatLike MeFurIf You Like Me Author:Karla Kuskin
“If there would be a recipe for a poem, these would be the ingredients: word sounds, rhythm, description, feeling, memory, rhyme, and imagination. They can be put together a thousand different ways, a thousand, thousand...more.” IfsWayDifferentFeelingsWould BeTogetherSoundImaginationMemoriesThousandRhythmDifferent WaysDescriptionIngredientsRhymeRecipes Author:Karla Kuskin
