“To write good poems is the secret of brevity.”
“I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And that every single sentence must be a poem. And that economy is the key to all good writing. And that every character has to have a secret.”
“But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to do much good.”
“As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.”
“It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.”
“Shaw...has a woman ever asked you to write a poem for her?""Good God, no," Gideon replied with a snicker. "Shaws don't write poetry. They pay others to write it for them and then take the credit for it.”