Dishonest Quote by Deborah Levy

“A poem isn't selfish. It speaks to people.”

— Wallace Stegner

“A poem isn't a good poem, until you need it.”

— J. David Gray

“when you're a poet you can dish out whatever's on your mind and you don't have to apologize for it”

— Shannon Lynette

“There are many things you can lie your way through; poetry is not one of them.”

— Nicole Lyons

“I have to be in a particular mindset to write poetry. I either have to be very depressed or very inspired.”

— Nicholas Trandahl

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

— Euginia Herlihy

“You want to be a poet and you’re not. By the time you realize you’re not doomed, your life is going to be over…

— Tarryn Fisher

“I do not write poetry; I take words and dip them in feelings.”

— Arti Honrao

“Your poetry is mysterious. Do you intend me to comprehend you, or are you hoping that I mistake my own dullness for your wisdom?”

— Anne Fortier

“My life has been the poem I could have writ But I could not both live and utter it.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“I think there's a kind of desperate hope built into poetry now that one really wants, hopelessly, to save the world. One is trying…

— Anonymous

“You want to be a poet and not die.”

— Erica Jong