--- title: "9 Poet Writer Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Poet Writer quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Poet Writer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/alan-hardy-217071_poetry_poet-writer-and-anti-royalist-1040499_1040499.jpg" --- > [“Poet, writer and anti-royalist”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hardy/poet-writer-and-anti-royalist/) [Alan Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/alan-hardy-217071_poetry_poet-writer-and-anti-royalist-1040499_1040499.jpg) > [Poet? No. Writer? No. I am just a dreamer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raghib-clitso/poet-no-writer-no-i-am-just-a-dreamer/) [Raghib Clitso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raghib-clitso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/raghib-clitso-753_dreamer_poet-no-writer-no-i-am-just-a-dreamer-25_2590592.jpg) > [As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-jordan/as-a-poet-and-writer-i-deeply-love-and-i-deeply-hate-words/) [June Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/june-jordan-5050_hate_as-a-poet-and-writer-i-deeply-love-and-i_1366261.png) > [“The struggling poet and writer dreams again of standing on stage and reading his lines once again...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avijeet-das/the-struggling-poet-and-writer-dreams-again-of-standing-on-stage-and/) [Avijeet Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avijeet-das/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/avijeet-das-802_dreams_the-struggling-poet-and-writer-dreams-ag_3159237.jpg) > [Nostalgia is a sweet place for a poet and writer to be in. But it's an indulgence; a distraction. You can't live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gulzar/nostalgia-is-a-sweet-place-for-a-poet-and-writer-to-be-in-but-it-s-an/) [Gulzar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gulzar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/gulzar-4914_distraction_nostalgia-is-a-sweet-place-for-a-poet-an_1402433.jpg) > [Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has not grown, and one has to let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-laughlin/then-of-course-there-are-those-sad-occasions-when-a-poet-or-a-writer/) [James Laughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-laughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/james-laughlin-25051_authors_then-of-course-there-are-those-sad-occas_1432832.jpg) > [I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office; that's a different sense of who you are. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/i-do-not-understand-why-any-poet-or-writer-would-run-for-office-that/) [Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/nikki-giovanni-1757_artist_i-do-not-understand-why-any-poet-or-writ_1944760.png) > [As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words. I love the infinite evidence and change and requirements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-jordan/as-a-poet-and-writer-i-deeply-love-and-i-deeply-hate-words-i-love-the-2/) [June Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/june-jordan-5050_evidence_as-a-poet-and-writer-i-deeply-love-and-i_3098059.png) > [The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-poet-s-the-writer-s-duty-is-to-write-about-these-things-it-is-his/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/william-faulkner-306_compassion_the-poet-s-the-writer-s-duty-is-to-write_778507.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poet-writer/#itemlist", "name": "Poet Writer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Poet, writer and anti-royalist”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Hardy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hardy/poet-writer-and-anti-royalist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/alan-hardy-217071_poetry_poet-writer-and-anti-royalist-1040499_1040499.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/alan-hardy-217071_poetry_poet-writer-and-anti-royalist-1040499_1040499.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/alan-hardy-217071_poetry_poet-writer-and-anti-royalist-1040499_1040499.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poet, writer and anti-royalist” — Alan Hardy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poet? 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