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I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

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To write about someone like myself would be very limiting. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

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You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

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I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

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It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

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