Book Quote by Chad Harbach

When something actually shocks me, that's when you know it's a great topic.

— Adam Conover

One sad consequence of this is that people don't feel permitted to try understand Internet infrastructure, so I'm really grateful to groups like Free…

— Astra Taylor

I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down…

— Rachel Kushner

I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they're just books. If they can be movies that's okay. But…

— Augusten Burroughs

There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves…

— Van Morrison

I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.

— Hortense Calisher

What will they say about my poetry who never touched my blood?

— Pablo Neruda

What will they say about my poetry who never touched my blood? Que diran de mi poesia los que no tocaron mi sangre?

— Pablo Neruda

I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot helped me. So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or…

— Jeanette Winterson

“I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It…

— William Carlos Williams

What shall I say about poetry? What shall I say about those clouds, or about the sky? Look; look at them; look at it!…

— Federico Garcia Lorca