Poetry, playing with your words until you breathe life…

There's two ways to become a famous Poet, find that one person that knows somebody, that knows somebody, that knows somebody. Or die trying

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“If poetry is what you live for then do it write.”

— R.M. Engelhardt

The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.

— Anais Nin

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe…

— Patty Duke

“Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. . . " Wildebeest of Words/Breathe In”

— Eileen Granfors

“The best way to write is to let the words breathe onto the page from the soul.”

— Mary Krome

Prove to the world that you are alive, let your words breathe life into the nostrils of the universe.

— Michael Bassey

And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!

— David Almond

Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.

— Roy Blount, Jr

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

A fraud is playing on his own words and aware of his own kind!

— Amy Pulumbarit

I love playing with words and texture.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

Playing with words is like combining different notes in music.

— Shankar Mahadevan

To me, playing with words is like playing with your food. You shouldn't do it.

— Michael Penn

“I love the English language, playing with words, watching sentences fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle,”

— Jane Green