Author: Nick Flynn

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

- 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

On a good day I write, all day.

On a good day I write, all day.

- Nick Flynn

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