Anne Stevenson

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

— Anne Stevenson

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy.…

— Anne Stevenson

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

— Anne Stevenson

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century.

— Anne Stevenson

When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.

— Anne Stevenson

My soul, how will I recognize you if we meet?

— Anne Stevenson

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.

— Anne Stevenson

There's no friend like someone who has known you since you were five.

— Anne Stevenson