As an outstanding poet, Hughes believes that writing is a continuation of his early passion.
Hughes' understanding of poetry and poetry writing is very enlightening to us:
"In a sense, I regard poetry as an animal. Poetry has its own life, just like animals. "
"This (writing poetry) is hunting. Poetry is a new creature and a new specimen of your life outside yourself. "
"Imagine what you write, see it and experience it."
"You only write what you are really interested in. In writing, this is an eternal truth: you must be able to find out what you are only curious about (for example, what you heard last week or read yesterday) and what is a profound part of your life ... so you will say,' What part of my life do I want to separate from?' "
"Occasionally there will be this possibility, just for a short moment, you will find words in your mind that can open the doors of those tall buildings, and use these words to express some-maybe not many, just some-information that is squeezed into our bodies. The way a crow flies away, the way a person walks, the appearance of a street, what we did one day many years ago. Those words can express complex hearts, and this complexity accurately reflects our way of existence. "