Randall Jarrell Quotes

...Stevens does not think of inspiration (or whatever you want to call it) as a condition of composition. He too is waiting for the spark from heaven to fall-poets have no choice about this-but he waits writing; and this-other things being equal, when it’s possible, if it’s possible-is the best way for a poet to wait.

Randall Jarrell

Quotes to Explore

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

Ed Westwick
- Work
- Writing
- Poetry
Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views.

Barry Ritholtz
- Time
- Writing
- Real
I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.

Sadie Jones
- Time
- Moving
- Waiting
I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.

Lana Del Rey
- Life
- Time
- Different
My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.

Adam Christopher
When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.

E. L. Doctorow
- Writing
- Book
- Doing