Interests Quote by Franz Wright Download Open image “The poetic prose that most interests me is that of Henri Michaux.” — Franz Wright ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Interests Me Most Poetic Prose Writing
One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by John Florio.… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
I admire Turgenev, Camus, Proust and Shakespeare, but I've also learnt a lot about writing from composers and artists. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
Louise Gluck, C.K. Williams, Thomas Lux. A lot of the poets that I like are the ones that influenced me as a writer. — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant thing, because… — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“When somebody discusses my work with me and peruses a poem or two, they get to see a piece of who I am. Because… — Nicholas Trandahl Copy Share Image
“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.” — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
“Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot. — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
Translated poetry filled the no-man's-land between my own work and other writers', and I found this fascinating to explore. — Edwin Morgan Copy Share Image
“Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shakespeare, I love it [laughs]… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“What I would say is this: writing poems doesn't make you a poet. … It is only with poetry, for some reason, that everyone… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book. — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
We know there are poets who are chosen: by what or whom, we no more know than what lies beyond our final breath, or… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
“If only I could tell someone. The humiliation I go through when I think of my past can only be described as grace. We… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
“Think of it: a writer actually possesses the power to alter his past, to change what was once experienced as defeat into victory and… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche? — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
Its hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my fathers equal in any way. — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing the way… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are… — Darlene Senger Copy Share Image
It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so… — Bernhard von Bulow Copy Share Image
I like characters with problems. I like to understand them... To play alcoholics, fetishists, strange girls, you have to dig deep within yourself. It's… — Marie Trintignant Copy Share Image
“Corporate controlled governments protect the interests of the corporations and not the common people.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children. — Albert Shanker Copy Share Image
“As is the way in political matters, all were convinced that the interests of the community and their own personal interests were one and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests. — Kyle Kinane Copy Share Image
![“Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shakespeare, I love it [laughs] and the reason why is because he’s one of the wisest, most compassionate writers in the course of Western literature, in the course of all literature. And he understood…” quote by Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/104/tom-hiddleston-1633_books_well-the-thing-that-i-suppose-is-closest_177277.jpg)
