Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

When you write it doesn't occur to you that somebody could think different from what you do.

Howard NemerovPoet · American · 1920 – 1991
More from Howard Nemerov
Writing Quotes
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them. — Mason Cooley
  • We're not in love with Literature all the time - especially when you have to teach it every day. — Howard Nemerov
  • The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. — Howard Nemerov
  • Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose? — Howard Nemerov
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026