At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work. Sharon Olds jobpointtime Change image and share on social
It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world. I can't say I really approve of it. Sharon Olds approvebadthing Change image and share on social
I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think. Sharon Olds agepeople Change image and share on social
There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die. Sharon Olds alcoholismbookdie Change image and share on social
Well, 'The Wellspring' was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience. Sharon Olds beginexperiencepoem Change image and share on social
This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal force. Sharon Olds assemblecentrifugalcreature Change image and share on social
The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else. Sharon Olds bookdaughterdecision share on social
If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it's really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting. Sharon Olds breakdistortform share on social
I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it's a poem, it's almost written in my head somewhere. Sharon Olds feelfictionhead Change image and share on social
So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking! Sharon Olds coffeedrinkmanage Change image and share on social
