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Quote by Kenneth Goldsmith

“Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists.”

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Kenneth Goldsmith, born in 1961, is a renowned poet known for his profound reflections on language and culture. His works often employ techniques of textual collage and repetition to explore themes such as memory, history, and identity. more

“Sometimes I will tweet things without an audience in mind at all, just because I want to say something that I don't feel I can say otherwise. Those tweets have a specific sense of desperation to them, because I write them when I feel like I don't have anyone else to talk to - as if Twitter is the only thing that will accept my insanely inappropriate thoughts without judgement.”

Ifs Want Feels Writing Mind I Can Sometimes Accepting Audience Judgement Desperation Tweet Inappropriate

Author:Mira Gonzalez

“I will sometimes post tweets that are about a specific person or people, in which case I will imagine the people I am tweeting about to be my audience.”

People Persons Sometimes Cases Audience Imagine Posts Tweet

Author:Mira Gonzalez

“There's certainly a portion of my brain that is always tuned to making wry observations about the world, but that portion of my brain was alive and well before Twitter.”

World Wells Brain Alive Observation Portions Wry

Author:Roxane Gay

“I often tweet things that I would feel too horrified/embarrassed/ashamed to say to a friend or loved one, even though most of my friends and loved ones read my Twitter account.”

Feels My Friends Accounts Ashamed Loved Ones Embarrassed Tweet

Author:Mira Gonzalez

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