My Earlier Poems Were Sadder Than My Poems Are Today, Perhaps Because I Wrote Them In Confusion Or When I Was Unhappy. But I Am Not A Melancholy Person, Quite The Contrary, No One Enjoys Laughing More Than I Do. - SearchQuotes

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My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do.

Anne Stevenson

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