Reading Poetry Quotes

19 quotes by 16 authors

• The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry
• Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe. — Donald Bradman
• The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading… — Cheryl Strayed
• One of the qualities essential to being good at reading poetry is also one of the qualities essential to being good at life: a capacity… — Christian Wiman
• When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. — Nicholson Baker
• Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder. — Edward Hirsch
• In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get to the plot,… — Gary Shteyngart
• If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent… — Mark Strand
• In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. — Phyllis McGinley
• I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes… — Jesmyn Ward
• Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga. — J. Courtney Sullivan
• Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here. — Phyllis McGinley
• I was reading poetry to my girlfriends, and they were like, 'You're really good. You should go to some poetry readings or something.' And I… — Jill Scott
• I've been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do - you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a… — Jill Scott
• I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or… — Laurie Halse Anderson
• It is absurd and anti-life to be a part of a system that compels you to listen to a stranger reading poetry when you want… — John Taylor Gatto
• And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. — Peter Davison
• More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. — Andrew Motion
• So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading… — Nicholson Baker

Who Wrote These Reading Poetry Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 19 Reading Poetry Quotes as follows:

• 2 Reading Poetry Quotes by Nicholson Baker
• 2 Reading Poetry Quotes by Phyllis McGinley
• 2 Reading Poetry Quotes by Jill Scott
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Donald Bradman
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Cheryl Strayed
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Christian Wiman
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Edward Hirsch
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Gary Shteyngart
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Mark Strand
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Jesmyn Ward
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by J. Courtney Sullivan
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Laurie Halse Anderson
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by John Taylor Gatto
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Peter Davison
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Andrew Motion
• 1 Reading Poetry Quote by Lynda Barry