12+ Mary Ann Hoberman Quotes On

Mary Ann Hoberman is a renowned American poet and children's literature author. She has written over thirty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and has won numerous awards, including the National Book Award for her book A House is a House for Me. She is also a well-respected literary critic, and has written reviews for The New York Times and The New Yorker. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Mary Ann Hoberman on life, love.

I am a Leo. I was born in August and I love the sunshine. I'm like a cat. We live in a very contemporary house with windows all around it. Wherever a sunspot is, I go to it with my yellow pad and my fountain pen and I write there. — Mary Ann Hoberman

I've always been a morning person, and what I don't get done in the morning I really don't get done at all. — Mary Ann Hoberman

I always hesitate to call myself a children's poet, and I always hesitate to call what I write for children poetry. Though a few of the verses that I've written, yes, I think they are truly poems. — Mary Ann Hoberman

When things aren't going well, I complain a lot and get depressed. I whine and I eat and I go to sleep. I do all kinds of things. And if I'm smart, I'll go and clean out a drawer or a closet or go and pay my bills. I do get myself into situations where I'm not happy with what's going on. But you just have to wait it out and have faith that that dry well will fill up again. — Mary Ann Hoberman

I don't really sit at the computer from scratch. I prefer to get my ideas in my fingers and I write longhand first. — Mary Ann Hoberman

One thing about being a children's poet or a versifier, is that there is a large market for your wares. These things really made the rounds. I would meet people and they'd quote my poems to me. It's great. — Mary Ann Hoberman

To me, poetry is a recreation, a renewal of language... The subtlety of what words mean and the fact that you write something and all of a sudden you'll realize that "yes, it reaches out. It meant that, too." Then all of a sudden you'll get a rhyme and the rhyme will throw up a whole new way of looking at things. It's this relationship that you never dreamed of. — Mary Ann Hoberman

A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that shiver. That, "yes, it's never been said quite that way before." — Mary Ann Hoberman

I write a lot of children's verse and I think it delights in the language. It pleases people. It's very musical. It's very lyrical and that's certainly a very important aspect of poetry. But I think that a lot of it is verse. I write well-wrought verse. — Mary Ann Hoberman

I don't think anything is as magical as a fairy tale experience by a child. — Mary Ann Hoberman

I love to be read to, I love to read aloud and I love to read to children. — Mary Ann Hoberman

I have my faithful rhyming dictionary that sits up there on my desk, but I have to tell you, there are very few new rhymes that I didn't think of. I often just go right through the alphabet in my head when I'm looking for a rhyme. — Mary Ann Hoberman

Life Lessons by Mary Ann Hoberman

1. Mary Ann Hoberman's work emphasizes the importance of language and literature in teaching children to think critically and creatively.
2. Her work encourages children to explore different perspectives and to appreciate the power of words.
3. By reading her work, children can learn to appreciate the beauty of language and the impact it can have on their lives.