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Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana.

- James Welch

Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.

- Cleo Moore

Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn`t get past Hugo.

- Mickey Spillane

It`s also consistent with Hugo giving him the diploma.

- Robert Gillespie

I hadn`t given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you`re nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before.

- Alex Urquhart

And, as I have said, it`s made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren`t external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five.

- Alfred Steiglitz

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

- Allan Radel