Richard Shelton Quotes (6 Quotes)

Our language is polarized. Concrete words are usually the language of poets. Abstract words are usually the language of politicians.

Night and morning are making promises to each other which neither will be able to keep.

Kayak polo's a good excuse to put on a skirt and play a sport, ... When you play in a white-water kayak, which is a closed cockpit boat, you wear a short, black waterproof skirt you stretch over the kayak's top edges to keep water from coming inside.

You have to kill him.

What we remember can always be changed, what we forget we are always.

As a poet I am not primarily concerned with intellect. I'm not that smart. I want to make people laugh and cry.