Beats Quote by Bonnie Jo Campbell

“However, he wrote some verses on her, and very pretty they were.” “And so ended his affection,” said Elizabeth impatiently. “There has been many…

— Jane Austen

“...I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!" "I have been used to consider poetry as the food of…

— Jane Austen

I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes…

— Jane Austen

“You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

To me there's no creativity without boundaries. If you're gonna write a sonnet, it's 14 lines, so it's solving the problem within the container.

— Lorne Michaels

A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on…

— J. Michael Straczynski

You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form,…

— Madeleine L'Engle

The idea that a student can write a sonnet or a novel without having a sound understanding about its history, and where it fits…

— Nicholas Royle

Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is…

— Rollo May

“You are given the form, but you must write the sonnet for yourself.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet…There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That’s a very…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet…

— Madeleine L'Engle