Curiosity Quote by Anonymous

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries.

— Katy Lederer

There is all this stuff about how sensitive poets are and how in touch with feelings, etc. they are, but really all we care…

— Matthew Zapruder

Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to…

— Martha Ronk

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I…

— Eugenio Montale

We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The…

— Oscar Wilde

Most writers censor themselves in awful ways. I do, too.

— Amitava Kumar

If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity…

— Randall Jarrell

I don't believe that poetry is in danger because nobody wants to read it or appreciate it. There is a tremendous audience for it…

— Derek Walcott

When people decide to talk publicly about poetry as an art form and how it's received, they often get very abject about it: "Nobody…

— Eileen Myles

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say…

— James Laughlin

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether…

— Peter Davison

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only…

— Robertson Davies