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Famous Robert Morgan Quotes
“The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.”
“The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.”
“Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.”
“Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.”
“Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.”
“I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.”
“I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.”
“If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.”
“In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.”
“Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.”
“Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.”
“Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.”