Paul Muldoon Quotes
If the poem has no obvious destination, there's a chance that we'll be all setting off on an interesting ride.
Quotes to Explore
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Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
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I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I've been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If I'm going on a longer car ride, I'll download some podcasts.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.
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I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool every now and then.
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Some people like just sitting down and being taken for a ride. That's a beautiful thing that fiction can do. But it's not the only thing. In television and film, people are ready to accept any kind of jump cut, but the slightest disturbance on the page ruffles their feathers.
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Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.
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I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem.
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I was an avid tomboy, and as long as I could ride my bike just as fast, hit the ball just as hard, and catch just as many garter snakes, I was accepted as one of the boys and enjoyed all the perks of superiority.
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When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.
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I've had a great ride. I've got no complaints.
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The bottom line is: We must be working on arriving at the destination for which we were put on this planet.
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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
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Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.
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When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, so I would ride my mop through the projects.
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The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute to the incredible achievements that make London the best fashion destination in the world.
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India is still considered a preferred destination for many multinationals to manufacture cost-competitive high-technology products for domestic consumption as well as for global demand.
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They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries.
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You don't want to get too wrapped up in that final destination. You want to enjoy the journey, enjoy the process, and just take it one step at a time.
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I still say the only education worth anything is self-education.
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I can only say that I myself wrote always as I wished, without a tremendous desire to find the latest thing possible.
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If the poem has no obvious destination, there's a chance that we'll be all setting off on an interesting ride.
