HNHoward Nemerov

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Howard Nemerov

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Quotations and sayings

01Undated

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

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02Undated

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

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03Undated

[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).

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04Undated

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow`s speed.

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05Undated

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

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06Undated

I have a plot, but not much happens.

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07Undated

Language cares.

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08Undated

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

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09Undated

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

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10Undated

It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.

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11Undated

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

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