Top 16 Quotes by Franz Wright

About Franz Wright

These are some quotes by American author Franz Wright Poet, who was born on March 18, 1953.

I've always envied people who compose music or paint, because they don't have to be bothered with the sort of crude mess that language normally is, in everyday life and in the way we use it.

I've always envied people who compose music or paint, because they don't have to be bothered with the sort of crude mess that language normally is, in everyday life and in the way we use it.

Franz Wright

Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.

Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.

Franz Wright

I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing the way it came and then shuffle the pages, like a giant deck of cards, and read the book in an entirely different order. It would be a different book, wouldn't it? It would be one of infinite books.

Franz Wright

It's hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my father's equal in any way.

It's hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my father's equal in any way.

Franz Wright

Poetry, just because it is poetry, doesn't mean it is some kind of magic spell.

Poetry, just because it is poetry, doesn't mean it is some kind of magic spell.

Franz Wright

Poetry endures when it possesses passionate and primally sincere clarity in the service of articulating universal human concerns.

Poetry endures when it possesses passionate and primally sincere clarity in the service of articulating universal human concerns.

Franz Wright

There are people who recall my father as a saint and a monster. I'm quite sure I will share the same fate.

There are people who recall my father as a saint and a monster. I'm quite sure I will share the same fate.

Franz Wright

For about twenty years, if I managed to write ten or twelve poems in a year; I considered that a pretty successful year, but I wrote 'The Beforelife' within a year.

For about twenty years, if I managed to write ten or twelve poems in a year; I considered that a pretty successful year, but I wrote 'The Beforelife' within a year.

Franz Wright

I write and have done so primarily for personal pleasure.

I write and have done so primarily for personal pleasure.

Franz Wright

The poetic prose that most interests me is that of Henri Michaux.

The poetic prose that most interests me is that of Henri Michaux.

Franz Wright

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