I'm incredibly restless. I read a lot of poetry. I also…

I hope any poem I've ever written could stand on its own and not need to be a part of biography, critical theory or…

— Albert Goldbarth

I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act.

— Peter O'Toole

I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to write. I…

— Denise Duhamel

My love of poetry comes from the "actualization" I experienced in the poetry of others. And I was reading it silently and there is…

— Anne Waldman

I know when I go to a poetry reading, I feel purged, exulted. You let the poet guide you through some kind of journey.

— Anne Waldman

“It was a scary thought. A man could be surrounded by poetry reading and not know it.”

— Richard Russo

Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s was mind…

— Anne Lamott

I just think that the world of workshops - I've written a poem that is a parody of workshop talk, I've written a poem…

— Billy Collins

If I could take all my parts with me when I go somewhere / and not have to say to one of them, ‘No,…

— Pat Parker

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

— Pat Conroy

I do believe that one's writing life needs to be kept separate from Po-Biz. Personally, I deal with this by not attending too many…

— Cate Marvin

“Summer in the trees! “It is time to strangle several bad poets.” / The yellow hobbyhorse rocks to and fro, and from the chimney…

— Kenneth Koch

I find great consolation in having a lot of poetry books around. I believe that writing poetry and reading it are deeply intertwined. I've…

— Edward Hirsch

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power.

— Paul Engle

Now, I do say, "It's possible. You might be the first. I'm not saying it's impossible, but the odds are very much against you."…

— Edward Hirsch