I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.
Howard NemerovWriting is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach for the paper.
Howard NemerovThe historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case.
Howard Nemerov