Affair Quote by Erica Jong

Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage-one…

— Amos Oz

Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion)…

— Mary Oliver

“Marriage is a book in which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.”

— Beverley Nichols

A poem is the realization of love. . . .

— Rene Char

If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would…

— Carol Ann Duffy

“...fine love poetry tends to be written when the object of one's affection is at a safe distance; also, it often reflects a love…

— Kate Fox

“I can’t help but notice that you keep writing love poetry to my wife. Well, you see, I married her, which makes her my…

— A.J. Jacobs

Poetry should be written the way adultery is committed: on the run, on the sly, during the time not accounted for. And then you…

— Vera Pavlova

I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a Poem and to be given away by a…

— John Keats

“Loving my Poet as I do, though, I try hard to understand what a poet is. The first clue lies in the fact that…

— Naeem Murr

A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of…

— Allen Tate

It takes a spasm of love to write a poem.

— Erica Jong