Sharon Olds Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.

  Sharon Olds

  Writing, Poetry, Lucky

• Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down on the ground, having given up.

  Sharon Olds

  Lying, Writing, Self

  "Get Over an Ex: Advice for After the Breakup" by Sharon Olds, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

• Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

  Sharon Olds

  Writing, Accurate, Wells

  Interview with Dwight Garner for Salon Magazine, www.english.illinois.edu. July 1, 1996.

• 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.

  Sharon Olds

  Writing, Feelings, Wish

  Interview with Dwight Garner for Salon Magazine, www.english.illinois.edu. July 1, 1996.

• I think that my work is easy to understand because I am not a thinker, I am not a... How can I put it? I write the way I perceive, I guess.

  Sharon Olds

  Writing, Thinking, Way

  Interview with Dwight Garner for Salon Magazine, www.english.illinois.edu. July 1, 1996.

• Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me.

  Sharon Olds

  Book, Writing, Two

  Interview with Dwight Garner for Salon Magazine, www.english.illinois.edu. July 1, 1996.

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin