Writing Quotes by Kenneth Koch

Kenneth Koch

Also, I liked John Cage’s music. I liked it for its craziness, the use of silence, the boldness-anything to get me away from writing about.. I don’t know what academic poets write about.

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Silence

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Kenneth Koch

I thought, ‘There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the courage to look happiness in the face and write about it,’ which is what I wanted to be able to do.

Able

Looks

Writing

Kenneth Koch

I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry.

New York

Smart

Writing

Kenneth Koch

Once I start writing about something, it goes off rather fast, and sometimes details which might be interesting such as what the room looked like or what somebody said that was not exactly on the same subject tend to get lost.

Details

Interesting

Writing

Kenneth Koch

When you get an idea, go and write. Don’t waste it in conversation.

Ideas

Waste

Writing

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Writing Quotes by Kenneth Koch

Also, I liked John Cage’s music. I liked it for its craziness, the use of silence, the boldness-anything to get me away from writing about.. I don’t know what academic poets write about.

I thought, ‘There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the courage to look happiness in the face and write about it,’ which is what I wanted to be able to do.

I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry.

Once I start writing about something, it goes off rather fast, and sometimes details which might be interesting such as what the room looked like or what somebody said that was not exactly on the same subject tend to get lost.

When you get an idea, go and write. Don’t waste it in conversation.

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