Poets find truth by writing about what they love.

“I will talk about truth again, without which (without the word truth , without the mystery truth ) there would be no writing. It…

— Hélène Cixous

Honesty and truth in writing is so important, and I think that YA writing above all is honest, and I think that appeals to…

— Sabaa Tahir

Now the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very therapeutic, but…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Ive always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful…

— Edmund White

“Stories are truth. Through writing, you can say so much more than in speaking. Writing is not fantasizing, writing is telling the world who…

— Theprinceoftworealities

The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.

— Amy Poehler

“Putting thoughts into words is vastly different from putting truth into words. For words are not truth. As ardently as writers sort and select…

— Lionel Fisher

I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful…

— Edmund White

Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.

— William Wordsworth

Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

— Horace

There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would…

— Michael Chabon

Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural…

— Aberjhani

“[poems are] crystals deposited after the effervescent contact of the spirit with reality. (cristaux deposes apres l'effervescent contact de l'esprit avec la realite)”

— Pierre Reverdy

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish…

— Anita Diament

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to…

— Susan Glaspell