"Sometimes being under a particular pressure makes me write easily. Which seems strange. Pressure might be a time constraint, like to write something in 20 minutes. Or it might be a set of ‘rules’, like ‘Write a poem that consists entirely of untrue statements’. I think the hardest thing to do is probably to be told to take as long as you need to write the best poem you possibly can about whatever you think is important. If there are constraints you can always blame them if your poem isn’t as terrific as you would have liked it to be."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Poets from New ZealandWomen authors from New ZealandWomen born in the 1940sEducators from New Zealand
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Where does your inspiration come from?
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rachel_Bush
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Rachel Bush
Rachel Bush (26 December 1941 — 23 March 2016) was a New Zealand poet and teacher. Her work was widely published in books, anthologies and literary magazines.
22 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Rachel Bush →
Related Quotes
"My poems don't start from ideas, but from bits of language, maybe a turn of phrase that's like a tune that plays over…"
"I don’t have a favourite genre. I try to ready widely."
"There’s almost always a book of poems that I’m reading and I keep it by my bed or in my handbag if the book is skinny…"
"I’m reading a novel too – it’s called Concluding by Henry Green. It first came out when I was 6 years old but of cour…"
"If you want to write in a particular genre it’s likely you’ll read that genre. At the same time I sometimes find that…"
"I don’t often feel inspired. I try to keep writing and sometimes something unexpected happens and I find I’m writing …"
"Things that make me want to write vary."
"What I read is often helpful. Sometimes first lines of very good writers make me want to write my own poem almost as …"
"Walking helps me to write. I’m pretty sure Fiona Farrell has written about how how walking helps her to write."
"Nobody has to be a writer. But when it’s going well it’s good fun and satisfying."