When a woman writes you a poem, she spends time with the…

No, I think that a person writes a poem because they have an inner urge of something that they want to express, and I…

— Leo Ornstein

The one who writes a poem writes it above all because verse writing is an extraordinary accelerator of conscience, of thinking, of comprehending the…

— Joseph Brodsky

“A friend of mine has a ritual: He writes a poem every day with his morning coffee.”

— Arianna Huffington

One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent.

— Stephen Dobyns

“Whether if you're a beginner poet or an experienced poet, poets just as other writers would like to have more readers enjoy their work.…

— Reynaldo Casison

“Information paints no picture, sings no song, and writes no poem.”

— R.F. Georgy

One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.

— Joseph Brodsky

Every woman who writes is a survivor.

— Tillie Olsen

A woman who writes feels too much.

— Anne Sexton

“Don’t fall in love with a woman who reads, a woman who feels too much, a woman who writes... From a woman like that,…

— Martha Rivera-Garrido

Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.

— Carolyn See

A woman who writes commits two sins; she increases the number of books, and decreases the number of women.

— Alphonse Karr

“It was not uncommon to walk in the door of their home and find my mother sitting on the sofa reading over a manuscript…

— Augusten Burroughs

“I was a little resentful that when a woman writes, her personal story becomes part of the story, even though the novel is fiction.”

— Roxane Gay

A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared.

— Gloria E. Anzaldúa