Marilyn Hacker Quotes

I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.

Marilyn Hacker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1942

Topics

WomenThinkFirstTwoAccident

I start from one point and go as far as possible. But, unfortunately, I never lose my way. I 'localize,' which is to say that I think always in a given space. I rarely think of the whole of a solo, and only very briefly. I always return to the small part of the solo that I was in the process of playing.

John Coltrane

SpaceSmallStartThinkLoseGo

You can do good work simply staying up all night and eating nothing but junk food, but probably not in the long term.

John Mulaney

WorkGoodFoodNightEatingYou

One of my books is a hallucinogen, an aphrodisiac, a mood elevator, an intellectual garage door opener, and a metaphysical trash compactor. They'll do everything except rotate your tires.

Tom Robbins

DoorIntellectualTrashMoodTires

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

Tom Stoppard

PeopleOpposite

I'm really interested in the form, putting one piece up against another and finding something corroborative in another voice. I've done a lot of that.

Roger Rees

VoiceFindingDoneUpSomething

It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.

Roger Ross Williams

MoneyAmericanImportantAfricaHold

I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like.

Ruth Buzzi

VoiceLookMy OwnTalkVisualize

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.

Minna Antrim

HeelsPlentyMongrel

Gun violence and social justice are near and dear to my heart. And they are so connected it's sad.

Jason Winston George

HeartSadJusticeGunViolenceDear

Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.

Jon Lord

GoodHistoryProudDeepEnoughRock

You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun.

David Spade

FunHave FunYouLookWayThings

All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.

Christian Dior

FriendshipHappyPeopleBe Happy

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