Money Quote by Daniel Klawitter

“Poetry is so unique and it doesn't compromise.”

— Euginia Herlihy

“it's so easy to be a poet and so hard to be a man.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Don't tell anyone I'm a poet; they might want me to write a book. Don't tell 'em I can sing, or they'd want me…

— L. Frank Baum

“Poetry is nobody’s business except the poet’s, and everybody else can fuck off.”

— Philip Larkin

“If you can not be a poet, be the poem.”

— David Carradine

“I think good poetry should startle, shatter and, yes, entertain while getting as close to the truth as possible. I can get all the…

— Charles Bukowski

“Poetry doesn’t pay. But I need it. And so do you.”

— Cory Basil

“Nothing fills the world quite as poetry does. A poet need not dwell on the pagecount of his life.”

— D.A. Botta

“A poet in my mind, needs to make a difference or his words don’t mean a damn thing.”

— José Gouveia

“You may be a poet and not even know it.”

— M.L. Shanahan

“It must be frustrating being a poet-or any sort of artist-and not being able to offend anyone any more.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Poetry is not business as usual.”

— Judith Fitzgerald