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Mark Strand Quotes

There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: April 11, 1934 - November 29, 2014

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Yourself Writing You Want Point

After I wake up, I always meditate.

Wake Up Always Up After Wake

Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more intimate union, participation and community of divine energies and ideas.

Johann Georg Hamann

Nature Community Ideas New More

The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.

Good Mathematics Problem Rather Than

By embracing a label such as 'non-fiction,' the creative writing community has signaled to the world that what goes on in this genre is at best utilitarian and at worst an utter mystery. We have segregated the genre from art.

Community Art Best Creative World

Fame put a lot of pressure on me in the Eighties and early Nineties - and I'm glad that I had the kind of makeup where I could come through it alive, keep myself in hand.

Myself Me Makeup Pressure Early

In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly more in the groove area, as opposed to the straight-ahead jazz thing - which is good for me, as that's one part of where I'm at. It's been so great playing these gigs and seeing kids come out and the whole college scene.

Good Great College Me Seeing Jazz

The irony is that the people we tend to vote for actually look down on voters and voting. That's just idiotic, right? That's like a snake eating its own tail! A wolf in a trap gnawing off its own head to escape!

People Snake Eating Wolf Voting

My idea of working out is drinking whiskey - instead of beer.

Beer Out Working Whiskey Idea

When I studied at Juilliard, I did a lot of pushups and became this diesel machine. I was really big and was like, 'This is not a good look for an ingenue.'

Good Look Big Like Machine Diesel

I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.

Good Father Day Lunch Game Results

I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot.

Wynton Marsalis

Work Doing Right Always Up Lot

I like to work out every single day. And it's about movement.

Work Day Single Movement Out Like

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