“The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not...” — Robert Morgan Quote

“The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.”

“Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.”

“Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast.”

“I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.”

“Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.”

“The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.”

“Indeed, an engineer designing a structure is not unlike an artist painting one. Both start with nothing but talent, experience, and inspiration. The fresh piece of paper on the drawing board is as blank as the newly stretched piece of canvas.”

“I would hope the pages would be blank, and every time you flipped the page, a beautiful picture would form. The universe knows where I'm going, and I'm just gonna let it do what it does.”

“Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.”

“The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.”

“I was sending off my plays almost like an 8-year-old would send letters to Santa Claus. So it was a bit of a miracle when the Blank Theatre Company actually called and selected a terrible little play that I wrote.”