Sappho is a great poet because she is a lesbian, which gives her erotic access to the Muse. Sappho and the homosexual-tending… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Solitude never hurt anyone. Emily Dickinson lived alone, and she wrote some of the most beautiful poetry the world has ever known...… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
I have been in love with Emily Dickinson's poetry since I was 13, and, like an anonymous post on findagrave.com says, 'Dear… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
All of a sudden I understand why I like Aliki Barnstones poems so much. They remind me of the one she has… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“At first she thought the writing would be easy. She was extremely confident in her ability to dream, to imagine, and she… — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
“ Marginalia Sometimes the notes are ferocious, skirmishes against the author raging along the borders of every page in tiny black script.… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson. — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
I think more influential than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth on my imagination were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions. Tolstoi's scripts are almost indecipherable. Emily Dickinson provided… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
If I can stop one heart from breaking…” Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“At college, I was told there were four great women novelists in the 19th century – Jane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte and… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
When Emily Dickinson's poems were published in the 1890s, they were a best-seller; the first book of her poems went through eleven… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. -Emily Dickinson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“English majors want the joy of seeing the world through the eyes of people who—let us admit it—are more sensitive, more articulate,… — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
I have so many favorite writers, it's very hard to select a few... of classic writers, I have always admired Emily Dickinson… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“her choice to be, not only a poet but a woman who explored her own mind, without any of the guidelines of… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
In spite of all the cultural restrictions, in spite of marital or political difficulties, a strong woman continues to create and makes… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
“Untouched by morning and untouched by noon, sleep the meek members of the Resurrection, rafter of satin and roof of stone.’ Emily… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“The opportunity to develop competencies may be handed to us in the form of a crisis, as was the case with Brooksley… — Whitney Johnson Copy Share Image
“Books become my refuge. Reading keeps me hopeful. I fall in love with small poems, the shorter the better- haiku from Japan,… — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
Being Jewish, you didn't get into a sorority. So I really was much more outgoing and gregarious. I really didn't want to… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
“My love of publishing goes back to my first job on the hometown newspaper when I was a 16-year-old cub reporter, but… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
