I think of everything that I want to say and then I think…

“I believe you’re speaking English, Turner, but I’m not sure you’re doing a good job of it. It makes a girl wonder what you…

— Courtney Milan

I find that getting something on the screen as soon as possible really helps focus the problem for me. It helps me decide what…

— Jamie Zawinski

I feel deep gratitude for the life poetry has allowed me to live. I know the life I could have lived without it. Both…

— Dorianne Laux

Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught me is…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

Writing poetry helps me to write my fiction; each thing helps the other.

— Sandra Cisneros

Poetry helps my soul escape its encasement.

— Maya Angelou

I find it very hard to talk about my relationships, whether it's a girlfriend, sister or just a friend... I can't bring myself to…

— Kunal Kapoor

I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which…

— Jesmyn Ward

“Poetry helps heal wounds. Makes them tangible.”

— Isabel Quintero

One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does so because…

— Clint Smith

Myths are, in fact...neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world and our…

— Stephen H. Furrer

I write in public libraries and sometimes coffee shops. I can't write at home and gave up trying long ago. I need activity around…

— Stephen McCauley

I'm a big believer in saying things out loud, I think he that helps you focus your goals.

— Bert Kreischer

Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld'…

— Colin Farrell

It helps me focus on our Lord and helps me get through the day.

— George Lopez