Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Writing Quotes

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...