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title: "14 Writer Poet Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Writer Poet quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Writer Poet sayings and thoughts."
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> [The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/the-talent-of-a-true-writer-and-poet-is-in-the-ear/)

[Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/)

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> [“The Writer and Poet is excusable only if he is Successful. Makes Money.” Within”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-wagner-martin/the-writer-and-poet-is-excusable-only-if-he-is-successful-makes-money/)

[Linda Wagner-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-wagner-martin/)

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> ['Rather You Than Me' just speaks for my natural instinct to survive, but it's also me being a writer, me being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-ross/rather-you-than-me-just-speaks-for-my-natural-instinct-to-survive-but/)

[Rick Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-ross/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/rick-ross-673_beautiful_rather-you-than-me-just-speaks-for-my-na_1057878.png)

> [“The Best Thing I love about being a writer and a poet is, I can make up my own words to fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ocean-crisstopher-poet/the-best-thing-i-love-about-being-a-writer-and-a-poet-is-i-can-make/)

[Ocean Crisstopher Poet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ocean-crisstopher-poet/)

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> [What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/what-a-writer-can-do-what-a-fiction-writer-or-a-poet-or-an-essay/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

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> [I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-always-admire-writers-my-father-was-a-writer-a-poet-i-always-admire/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [That choice to be ready to reject all other purposes, in favor of the possibilities of language freed from utility, is when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/that-choice-to-be-ready-to-reject-all-other-purposes-in-favor-of-the/)

[Matthew Zapruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-zapruder/)

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> [I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-writer-and-poet-since-i-was-seven-and/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/patti-smith-394_art_i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-writer-a_115058.jpg)

> [As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-koch/as-i-look-over-my-work-i-mean-every-time-i-look-over-my-early-work-i/)

[Kenneth Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-koch/)

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> [We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/we-want-to-be-famous-as-a-writer-as-a-poet-as-a-painter-as-a/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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> [Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/never-the-less-at-the-age-of-fifteen-having-never-seen-a-writer-a/)

[Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/)

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> [The inimitable writer Maxine Hong Kingston published a book in 2002 with the title To Be the Poet. However, in contrast to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-geok-lin-lim/the-inimitable-writer-maxine-hong-kingston-published-a-book-in-2002/)

[Shirley Geok-lin Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-geok-lin-lim/)

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> [We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-crews/we-want-to-be-famous-as-a-writer-as-a-poet-as-a-painter-as-a-2/)

[Harry Crews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-crews/)

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> [A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: “Whom do you write for?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-writer-or-at-least-a-poet-is-always-being-asked-by-people-who/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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                        "text": "We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why? Becauwse we really don't lov what we are doing. If you loved to sing, or to paint, or to write poems - if you really loved it - you would not be concerned with whether you are famous or not. ... Our present education is rotten because it teaches us to love Nothing is allowed to die in a society of storytelling people.",
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