Corncobs are the greatest fire-making tinder. Paul Engle corncobfiregreat Change image and share on social
Human life is too difficult for people. Paul Engle difficulthumanlife Change image and share on social
When I took over the Writers' Workshop, it was one little class and there were eight students. All of them, brilliantly untalented... I had an absolute vision after the first workshop meeting. Paul Engle absolutebrilliantlyclass Change image and share on social
I can still remember the feel in my hand of that most wonderful American coin ever minted, a nickel with a buffalo on one side and the head of an Indian on the other. That nickel was a daily proof of our country's past. Bring it back! Paul Engle americanbackbring share on social
A barn with cattle and horses is the place to begin Christmas; after all, that's where the original event happened, and that same smell was the first air that the Christ Child breathed. Paul Engle airbarnbegin Change image and share on social
The years rolled their brutal course down the hill of time. Still poor, my clothes still smelling of the horse barn, still writing those doubtful poems where too much emotion clashed with too many words. Paul Engle barnbrutalclash share on social
I had been warned about Jews by my gentile friends - they did terrible things with knives to boys. Paul Engle boyfriendgentile Change image and share on social
Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid. Paul Engle billpaypracticality Change image and share on social
All families had their special Christmas food. Ours was called Dutch Bread, made from a dough halfway between bread and cake, stuffed with citron and every sort of nut from the farm - hazel, black walnut, hickory, butternut. Paul Engle blackbreadbutternut share on social
Every Christmas should begin with the sound of bells, and when I was a child mine always did. But they were sleigh bells, not church bells, for we lived in a part of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where there were no churches. Paul Engle beginbellcedar share on social
