Always Quote by Gerard Malanga

I never intended to write poems, nor to be a photographer, nor to be a film-maker. I just took many, many pictures and I…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

— David Duchovny

I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work…

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

— Muhammad Iqbal

I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple…

— Bo Burnham

I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

I didn't read poetry seriously until college, when I really began to devour it in a very intense way. I also discovered that a…

— Edward Hirsch

I'm a poet.

— Rajon Rondo

I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't do it.…

— Rodney Crowell

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

— Carol Ann Duffy

I'm an actress, primarily. I love to write poetry. I've been writing poetry since I was 12 years old.

— Masiela Lusha

I say sometimes that I'm a poet but I work in the novel form. That's what I do. That's what makes sense to me.…

— Douglas A. Martin