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“If you write well, you don't have to dress funny.”

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James Dickey was an influential American poet known for his unique style and profound depiction of Southern American culture. His works often blended elements of poetry, fiction, and drama, leaving a lasting impact on subsequent poets. more

“You must squeeze out of yourself every sensation, every thought, every image, - mercilessly, without reserve and without remorse: you must search the darkest corners of your heart, the most remote recesses of your brain, - you must search them for the image, for the glamour, for the right expression. And you must do it sincerely, at any cost: you must do it so that at the end of your day's work you should feel exhausted, emptied of every sensation and every thought, with a blank mind and an aching heart, with the notion that there is nothing, - nothing left in you.”

Feels Should Mind Heart Ends Left Brain Expression Cost Notion Corners Sensations Reserves Blank Exhausted Remorse Sincerely Glamour Recess Heart Ache Blank Mind

Book:The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad

Source: The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad

“Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.”

Thrive Desks

Author:William Matthews

“Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.”

Writing Mistake Audience Intelligent Assuming

Author:Rod Serling

“We find certains things about seeing puzzling, because we do not find the whole business of seeing puzzling enough.”

Enough Whole Seeing Puzzling

Book:Philosophical Investigations

Source: Philosophical Investigations

“I can't go on flying apart just for those who want the benefit of a few verbal kicks. My God, do you know what poems like that cost? They're not written vicariously: they come out of actual suffering, real madness.”

Knows Want I Can Real Suffering Written Goes On Cost Benefits Madness Flying Kicks Do You Know

Author:Theodore Roethke

“The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.”

Knows Men

Author:Pliny the Elder

“It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money.”

Share Torment Despicable

Author:Frank Zappa

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