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Richard Hugo quotes: I hate that phrase "the real world." Why is an aircraft factory more real than a university? Is it?

I hate that phrase "the real world." Why is an aircraft factory more real than a university? Is it?

Richard Hugo quotes: I was willingly confused by the times

I was willingly confused by the times

Richard Hugo quotes: Never want to say anything so strongly that you give up the option of finding something better. If you have to say it, you will.

Never want to say anything so strongly that you give up the option of finding something better. If you have to say it, you will.

Richard Hugo quotes: If that's too mythical a toneconsider those who conform and know something's wrongand need a zany few who won't obey.

If that's too mythical a tone
consider those who conform and know something's wrong
and need a zany few who won't obey.

Richard Hugo quotes: You are someone and you have a right to your life.

You are someone and you have a right to your life.

Richard Hugo quotes: An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.

An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.

Richard Hugo quotes: Believe you and I sing tiny and wise and could if we had to eat stone and go on.

Believe you and I sing tiny
and wise and could if we had to eat stone and go on.

Richard Hugo quotes: Say nothing and just make music and you'll find plenty to say.

Say nothing and just make music and you'll find plenty to say.

Richard Hugo quotes: Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.

Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.

Richard Hugo quotes: Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.

Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.

Richard Hugo quotes: Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.

Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.

Richard Hugo quotes: Think small ... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

Think small ... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

Richard Hugo quotes: Never has your Buick / found this forward a gear.

Never has your Buick / found this forward a gear.

Richard Hugo quotes: Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.

Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.

Richard Hugo quotes: If you are really strange you are always in enemy territory, and your constant concern is survival.

If you are really strange you are always in enemy territory, and your constant concern is survival.

Richard Hugo quotes: In the world of imagination, all things belong.

In the world of imagination, all things belong.

Richard Hugo quotes: A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.

A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.

Richard Hugo quotes: You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.

You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.

Richard Hugo quotes: A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

Richard Hugo quotes: I think it's better if you write poems that look like you.

I think it's better if you write poems that look like you.

Richard Hugo quotes: A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets, and they ought to know better.

A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets, and they ought to know better.