Author: Sharon Olds

Quotes

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard about all the other villages' horrors at the same time.

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard about all the other villages' horrors at the same time.

- Sharon Olds

I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think.

I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think.

- Sharon Olds

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back.

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back.

- Sharon Olds

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time.

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time.

- Sharon Olds

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it's a poem, it's almost written in my head somewhere.

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it's a poem, it's almost written in my head somewhere.

- Sharon Olds

Well, 'The Wellspring' was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience.

Well, 'The Wellspring' was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience.

- Sharon Olds

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die.

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die.

- Sharon Olds

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.

- Sharon Olds

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