Friday, May 21, 2010

Poetry Friday


I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though many are hesitant to admit that they don't. I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

~ Nikki Giovanni ~


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2 comments:

  1. Oh, I LOVE this quotation, Diane. Thank you!

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  2. P.S. The link to Random Noodlings in Mister Linky doesn't work. Says I need a password to enter...

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