“I write slowly, and I write many, many drafts. I probably have to work...” — Philip Schultz Quote

“I write slowly, and I write many, many drafts. I probably have to work as hard as anyone, and maybe harder, to finish a poem. I often write a poem over years, because it takes me a long time to figure out what to say and how best to say it.”

“I was well into middle age when one of my children, then in the second grade, was found to be dyslexic. I had never known the name for it, but I recognized immediately that the symptoms were also mine.”

“When a child knows that he or she is dyslexic, that it's the way their brain is programmed, and it's not their fault, that makes all the difference in the world.”

“I've always wanted to make it to the NBA and be on a team, so whatever team drafts me I'm going to be happy with.”

“Most of my early work was done on typewriter. And the only way to iterate drafts was to re-type it.”

“Your spouse, a sibling, a friend need to read your drafts. They have to be people unafraid to tell you what sucks. For early feedback, that's more important than professional editorial skill. Most people know what sucks.”