“You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest.”
Quotes by John Berryman
“I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.”
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”
John BerrymanJohn Berryman was an influential American poet and scholar, recognized as a pivotal figure in the confessional poetry movement of the mid-20th century. Born John Allyn Smith, Jr., he adopted the name ...