Beautiful Quote by David Lynch

“Today, of course, popular culture is on a culinary binge; and so much personal writing is now devoted to gazing back upon the kitchen…

— Laura Shapiro

Poet's food is love and fame.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

I would rather read poetry than eat my dinner any day. It has been so all my life.

— Laura E. Richards

Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!

— Elizabeth Bishop

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also the thoughtful preparation of meals, the serving of meals,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I thought, as I have my living to get, and have not eaten today, that I might go a- fishing. That's the true industry…

— Henry David Thoreau

Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people…

— Fran Lebowitz

A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.

— Warner LeRoy

I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat.

— Paul Engle

What people eat is not well documented. Food writers prefer to focus on fashionable, expensive restaurants whose creative dishes reflect little of what most…

— Mark Kurlansky

I don't know why people would want to have lunch with writers. I've eaten with writers. We have appalling table manners, and rarely say…

— Neil Gaiman

People talk about alienation in the city. Diners are a place where you feel comfortable, an extension of your house.

— Richard Greenberg