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Quote by Richard Hugo

“A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.”

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Richard Hugo was an American poet known for his deep emotions and rich imagination. His works often explore the meaning of human existence and the fragility of life. He was born on December 21, 1923, and passed away on October 22, 1982. more

“O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should be. May I never look at the other findings until I have come to my own true conclusions: May I care for the least of the young: and become aware of the one poem that each may have written; may I be aware of what each thing is, delighted with form, and wary of the false comparison; may I never use the word "brilliant."”

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Book:On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose

Source: On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose

“I hate two kinds of sentences you hear in workshops, the ones beginning "I really like ..." and the ones beginning "My problem with this poem is ..."”

Kind Two Problem Hate Teaching I Hate Sentences Workshops

Author:Denis Johnson

“There must be a balance of honesty and charity in the workshop. Everyone must be aware of a fellow human being behind the work being discussed, and criticism has to be useful, not just derogatory or laudatory.”

Humans Human Beings Behinds Teaching Honesty Balance Criticism Fellows Charity Workshops Derogatory

Author:Hilma Wolitzer

“When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice - arrives on its own, as an extension of a writer's character. When style is done self-consciously and purposefully it becomes affectation, and as transparent as any affectation - an English accent on an old college chum from New Jersey, for example.”

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Book:Writing Life Stories

Source: Writing Life Stories

“Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.”

Thinking Should Writing Young Teaching Discouraged Be Encouraged Young Writers Apprenticeship

Book:On Teaching and Writing Fiction

Source: On Teaching and Writing Fiction

“I can only gesture at what makes a story good.”

I Can Stories Teaching Gestures

Author:Leonard Michaels

“Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.”

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Author:Lillian Hellman

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