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“Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.”
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“At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young woman must possess or teach himself, train himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try and to try until it comes right. He must train himself in ruthless intolerance. That is, to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph. The most important thing is insight, that is ... curiosity to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does. And if you have that, then I don't think the talent makes much difference, whether you've got that or not.
[Press conference, University of Virginia, May 20, 1957]”
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[Press conference, University of Virginia, May 20, 1957]”
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“Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.”
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“You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery.”
― Nonconformity: Writing on Writing
― Nonconformity: Writing on Writing
“When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.”
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“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
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Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
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“In translation of poetry; there exists a possibility of components like imagination, art of wordplay, skill of constructing internal rhythm and expand of knowledge of the poet getting affected by the constraint and differentia of the translator.”
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“Poetry emerging from a poet enters into the reader only when it comes within the readers’ 'sphere of intellect. A reader cannot take poetry by expanding it beyond his/her consciousness, rather can take by shrinking it within. Thus, there exists a chance of every poem getting changed while reaching every reader. This ‘getting changed’ is a form of ‘getting translated’, in a way. So, every assimilation of any poem is a translation.”
― भारत शाश्वत आवाज [Bharat Shashwat Aawaz]
― भारत शाश्वत आवाज [Bharat Shashwat Aawaz]
“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and – side benefit – the skills you develop will give you greater compassion, insight and range with the people you create on the page – or run into off of it.”
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“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.”
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“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“Sadly, but certainly, a promising genre of literature in poetry that began with pomp and a loud thud, a banger and an emphatic entry in the public domain with so many expectations, has been circumambulating the corridors of university classrooms and the decision war-rooms of the government-funded and apparently biased award bodies.”
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“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“When poetry becomes synonymous with examination stress, it is unsurprising that readers abandon it once formal education ends.”
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“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.”
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