Morgan Parker Quotes About Writing

• In grad school, a friend and I gave ourselves the task of writing poems in the voice of Beyoncé and Lady Gaga after they did the collaboration for "Telephone." I just kind of kept going. That was quite a while ago - Beyoncé meant something very different then than she does now.

  Morgan Parker

  Writing, School, Voice

  "There’s Poetry About Beyoncé Now - And It’s Amazing". Interview with Becca Andrews, www.motherjones.com. February 15, 2017.

• So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having.

  Morgan Parker

  Writing, Trying, Kind

  "There’s Poetry About Beyoncé Now - And It’s Amazing". Interview with Becca Andrews, www.motherjones.com. February 15, 2017.

• Mickalene [Thomas] es una artista a la que admiro desde hace mucho tiempo. Gran parte de su obra me inspira; paso tiempo mirando su trabajo cuando escribo. Tengo la sensación de que trabajamos sobre los mismos temas, y veo que nuestras obras conversan, lo sepamos o no.

  Morgan Parker

  Writing, Artist, Long

• I'm working on a young adult novel. I've been working on it for a while, because I don't know how to write a novel and I'm teaching myself. For that reason, I've been reading a lot of YA [young adults], which I never have before. It's totally new to me.

  Morgan Parker

  Teaching, Reading, Writing

  "There’s Poetry About Beyoncé Now - And It’s Amazing". Interview with Becca Andrews, www.motherjones.com. February 15, 2017.

• So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having. Where I would usually backspace, I stop and say, "You know what? This is important, that I say how I feel and don't sugarcoat it, and don't avoid it." In my experience when I do try to avoid something, it makes its way into the work anyway. To be in front of it and just make friends with it is easier for me.

  Morgan Parker

  Writing, Important, Trying

• Después de un tiempo, ser tan honesta y tan vulnerable en la página acaba afectando a mi propio tipo de autoposesión en el mundo, porque no tengo miedo de mí misma ni de mis propios pensamientos. Creo que gran parte de ser mujer, de ser un ser social, de ser educada, consiste en acallar esos pensamientos. Hay tantas cosas que intentamos no decir a lo largo del día. Hay mucho de moderación y autoedición. Es un alivio hacer de la escritura ese espacio en el que no necesito hacerlo.

  Morgan Parker

  Escribir, Pensar, Intentar