Money Quote by Andrei Codrescu

“Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!”

— Avijeet Das

“I do not know how it is elsewhere, but here, in this country, poetry is a healing, life-giving thing, and people have not lost…

— Osip Mandelstam

“Poetry is an art of economy.”

— Matthew Shenoda

“There's no money in poetry. Then again, there's no poetry in money either.”

— Robert Graves

“Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour.”

— Oscar Wilde

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it…

— Mark Strand

“Poetry is not for profit. Poetry is for Posterity.”

— Michael P. Naughton

“Poetry is not something you have to retire from”

— John Cooper Clarke

“Poetry is not a lost art. Poetry is better than ever. Of course you’ve got the usual gang of idiots (as the Mad magazine…

— Stephen King

“Poetry is one of the easiest forms of writing; as long as you're willing to sell your soul to the world.”

— Shawna Platt (Angel Shadow

“There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either.”

— Robert Graves

“Poetry is not business as usual.”

— Judith Fitzgerald