"Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of..." - Quote by Mary Oliver

“Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response.”

“The three ingredients of poetry: the mystery of the universe, spiritual curiosity, the energy of language.”

“There is a notion that creative people are absent-minded, reckless, heedless of social customs and obligations. It is, hopefully, true for they are in another world altogether.”

“Easy writing makes hard reading.”

“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”

“write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write.”

“There are tones of voices that mean more than words.”

“Apt analogies are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.”

“Use words that soak up life.”