Never want to say anything so strongly that you give up the option of finding something better. If you have to say it, you will.

If you want to communicate, use the telephone

A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters.

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write.

A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets, and they ought to know better.

Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.