Author: Nick Flynn

Quotes

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

- Nick Flynn

In life you get one take, and it's perfect.

In life you get one take, and it's perfect.

- Nick Flynn

The attention one gets from being a poet isn't great.

The attention one gets from being a poet isn't great.

- Nick Flynn

There's this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn't have to be. It actually can be a very positive force.

There's this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn't have to be. It actually can be a very positive force.

- Nick Flynn

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

- Nick Flynn

I can weep pretty easily. I can get tears in my eyes from a beautiful work of art.

I can weep pretty easily. I can get tears in my eyes from a beautiful work of art.

- Nick Flynn

If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life.

If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life.

- Nick Flynn

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