Late bloomer Quote by Donna J. Stone

But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet.

— Philip Levine

I have often argued that a poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. I begin to suspect that there may…

— H. L. Mencken

When I was about twenty-one, I published a few poems. Maybe I wrote a couple of stories before, but I really began to write…

— Grace Paley

I was a lot younger - when I wrote Water Lilies. I was like 26. It felt so natural to write about adolescence.

— Celine Sciamma

A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.

— H. L. Mencken

Well, I always wanted to write from the time I was very little, and my mother encouraged me. She wrote a journal from the…

— Francine Rivers

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

— Ernesto Cardenal

Poetry is such an ancient art, and I consider myself young within that art.

— Allison Joseph

I just don't think I can write someone drastically younger than me.

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

I hadn't published a book of poetry in over a decade because I've been very ill. As I got better and started to write,…

— Ntozake Shange

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is…

— Raymond E. Feist

Art is eternally young, but the poet ages. If only he remained as young as art! If only it aged with him!

— Franz Grillparzer