“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.” IfsKnowsWayWritingDifferentSometimesFeelingsWishDifferent Ways Author:Sharon Olds
“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.” KnowsMayDifferentCountryTeachPoetBusyDifferent Life Author:Sharon Olds
“I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think.” PeopleThinkingKnowsAge Author:Sharon Olds
“It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world. I can't say I really approve of it.” KnowsWorldI CanMightAppreciateBad Things Author:Sharon Olds
“My poems - I don't even like the sound of that, in a way. Not that anyone else wrote them. But we know that only people who are really close to us care about our personal experience.” PeopleKnowsWayCareSoundPersonal Experiences Author:Sharon Olds
