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Victoria Chang Inspirational Quotes (43)

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I do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there.
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It took me awhile to not be ashamed to be a poet in the business environment, and to be a business person in the poet environment.
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I've always felt alone and isolated, and living on the West Coast, there's no poetry community out here, and if there is, it's really spread out - because it's LA, it's spread out.
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Most people are trying to go digital, and trying to do different things with poetry. McSweeney's is going in the opposite direction - going more classic, and retro, which is all coming back.
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I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.
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People who are too uptight make me nervous.
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We're all just a part of this large, spiraling, constantly fluid hierarchy and changing. At some points in your life, you feel crushed by that, depending on who you come in contact with.
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Having children can be such a gift, but it can be a crushing experience for a certain kind of mom. And I am that certain kind of mom.
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My life in general, orderly or not, it allows me more freedom in my own writing. Sometimes I wonder, though - I have friends that sit around and just write all day. And I think it's the coolest thing.
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I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.
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I definitely have favorite books by favorite poets, but poets' books also vary. I could like some books, but not like another book.
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I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.
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I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.
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There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.
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I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.
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The whole process of getting a book published is just part of the process. The last of the process that I enjo
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Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.
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I think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.
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I feel like I give myself all day long to other people and other things, and I still seem like I have something to write once in awhile. Not often, though.
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I just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job. I have to be at my desk at a certain time, and I have to answer e-mails within a certain time period.
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I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.
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In general, I find that poets spend a lot of time thinking about themselves, and not a lot of time thinking about other poets, or other poetry. Unless they think about how it affects them, or how it could impact them.
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I think I love humor in poetry, but not that slapstick cheap easy humor, but that uncomfortable, did she say that out loud? kind of humor.
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For the most part, it's a world of artists that are very in their own heads.
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