Books Quote by Alan Bennett

“It reminds me of poets, before all this—how the sensitive souls who submitted their work to literary journals outnumbered those who read those same…

— Adrian Barnes

“People cannot stand the saddest truth I know about the very nature of reading and writing imaginative literature, which is that poetry does not…

— Harold Bloom

“There's a book of poetry in the lines of my hands that no one wants to read”

— Holly Schindler

“Poetry is anything you read out loud alone.”

— David Gordon

“Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many…

— Oscar Wilde

“Nobody reads poetry anymore So who the hell are you I see bent over this book?”

— Aleksandar Ristovic

Poetry seems to have been eliminated as a literary genre, and installed instead, as a kind of spiritual aerobic exercise - nobody need read…

— Marilyn Hacker

“If you would understand a people, look at them through the eyes of the poet, the musician and the artist.”

— Cynthia Pearl Maus

“Poets aren't poets because of the way they write, they are poets because of the way they see the world.”

— Brandon Gene Petit

“Also, there is a dedicated community of people in the world who will always be able to connect with each other across all languages,…

— Nina George

“Poets don’t run out of material the way novelists do because they don’t depend on material in the same way.”

— Julian Barnes

“Most people in this country are looking for literature that is useful. They feel that just exploring their feelings is good enough - they…

— Erica Jong