You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.
In fact, the very phrase "teaching creative writing" sounds to me oxymoronic. How can you teach someone to be creative?
I find that biographical material holds me back, hampers my creative process, cramps my imagination.
I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry.
It is true that I didn't write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn't tear myself away from it.
Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc. , I am free to write whenever I want.
That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded.
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Listen up,” I said urgently. “It’s time to round up your gear. I’m gonna check in with Patrick, and then we’re getting the flock out of here. ” Ha-ha.
I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events.