Charles Simic Quotes about Writing

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One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Charles Simic

Writing, Touching, Despair

Charles Simic (2013). “The Monster Loves His Labyrinth”, p.67, Copper Canyon Press

The poem I want to write is impossible. A stone that floats.

Charles Simic

Writing, Want, Stones

Charles Simic (2013). “The Monster Loves His Labyrinth”, p.41, Copper Canyon Press

Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and breaking our hearts by making us throw the little fish back into the river. We even tell the reader the kind of car we were driving, the year and the model, to give the impression that it’s all true. It’s because we think of ourselves as journalists of a kind. Like them, we’ll go anywhere for a story. Don’t believe a word of it. As any poet can tell you, one often sees better with eyes closed than with eyes wide open.

Charles Simic

Believe, Eye, Writing

Charles Simic Quotes about Writing

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