Howard Nemerov

I have a plot, but not much happens.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

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

Language cares.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.