“A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.”
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Famous Richard Hugo Quotes
“Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.”
“I think it's better if you write poems that look like you.”
“A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.”
“Don't write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn't be changed.”
“Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.”
Source: The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing