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- Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not… — Miller Williams
- More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire… — Eric Hoffer
- Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write,… — Sharon Olds
- CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager. — Ambrose Bierce
- I meet kids now who become novelists, poets, write for the theater and movies, who were simply inspired by what they saw… — Pat Conroy
- The chances are that, in the course of his lifetime, the major poet will write more bad poems than the minor, simply… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who… — Eugenio Montale
- They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not… — Tom Glazer
- Also, I liked John Cage's music. I liked it for its craziness, the use of silence, the boldness-anything to get me away… — Kenneth Koch
- I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments… — Carl Sandburg
- All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them. — Umberto Eco
- Musings The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then… — Robert E. Howard