Bookkeepers Quote by Edward Dahlberg

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny

— Mikhail Dudan

Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker.

— Allen Tate

“Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!”

— Avijeet Das

A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

— Rod McKuen

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

— Robert Frost

Poets are born, not paid.

— Addison Mizner

The business of a poet is to examine not the individual but the species; to remark general properties and large appearances.

— Samuel Johnson

“Poets have recently been misappropriating words in order to describe poetry as an economy that, outside the poem itself, has little to do with…

— Keneth Warren

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of…

— Mary Oliver

Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers.

— Henry R. Luce