I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years-or longer. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes day draft guilt
If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level. Rita Dove choicefullgenerous Change image and share on social
I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on. Rita Dove crystallizedetailexplore Change image and share on social
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. Rita Dove complaincomplaintlife Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
It's funny because you know the novel process: you get the drafts, you get the galley, and then you get the galley proofs. You have opportunities to change things all along. But the further along in the process you go, the more careful you have to be in making those changes, and the smaller the changes have to be. Greg Rucka carefulchangedraft share on social
My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt. Donna Karan daughtergabbyguilt share on social