"Everyone thinks they’re going to write one book of poems or one novel." ― Marilyn Hacker Topic(s): Faith More From Marilyn Hacker "Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments written or read together take on the movement and architecture of a narrative." "The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured suicide." "My mother was told she couldn’t go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system." More In Faith "Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct."― Paula Abdul "There are three principles in a man’s being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don’t do what I say."― Martin Buber "So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I’ve had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I’ve been very lucky. I have great faith that I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me."― Jane Siberry