Nature Like Quotes by Eileen Myles

Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.

— Eileen Myles

Women aren't physically afraid of men; women are genetically afraid of men. It's happened for such a long time.

— Eileen Myles

I hate the word mentor, the professionalization of friendships between generations. I just feel like the fact of friendship is the thing we all…

— Eileen Myles

I think poets are supposed to be writing for television and film. I grew up in the day of early TV that was so…

— Eileen Myles

Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.

— Eileen Myles

Part of the glamour of being a poet was always this long reach into the future. You knew you were managing time.

— Eileen Myles

Time passes. That's for sure.

— Eileen Myles

I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live.

— Eileen Myles

“All the details of my life were in exact order and yet I was tumbling in them-out of order like a tremendous wave had…

— Eileen Myles

Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.

— Eileen Myles

“If passion was a substance I would say it is dark brown, and then blood red. It's like wet grass, tons of it soaked…

— Eileen Myles

“On The Death of Robert Lowell by Eileen Myles O, I don’t give a shit. He was an old white haired man Insensate beyond…

— Eileen Myles

I hope you all find yourselves sleeping with someone you love, maybe not all of the time, but a lot of the time. The…

— Eileen Myles

I'm a poet born in the era of Andy Warhol and a generation that wanted to be famous.

— Eileen Myles

People love discovering you. The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs, you're their friend.

— Eileen Myles