Adjustment Quote by Billy Collins

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was…

— Simon Armitage

I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for…

— Sarah Kay

My intention is to write poems. That's what I've been doing most of my life.

— Joseph Brodsky

I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.

— Philip Levine

I really like writing poetry and lyrics because it's one thing where I give up control. I don't feel like I need to be…

— Alissa White-Gluz

My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but when it…

— Dawn Lundy Martin

“But that's a good match for the way I've always approached life. I've always believed in motion and action, in following connections wherever they…

— Jay-Z

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

— Ed Westwick

Poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me. I like to poem my way through tricky questions and ideas. That's about the only consistent…

— Sarah Kay

I have been writing. Even when I intend not to write, I find myself writing. I'm currently in a place where I should be…

— Ada Limon

I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could but it…

— Elaine Equi

I see the progress typical in some of my poems as starting with something simple and moving into something more demanding. This is certainly…

— Billy Collins