Top 56 Quotes by Robert Morgan

One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the isolation of working part-time as a house painter in Henderson County, to Cornell, where everybody was a literary person.

In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in narration and embodying the voice, making the poem sound like a real person talking.

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.