Being Quote by Gulzar

There are very few great poets in the world.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

I think of the Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharati every day, and he is an inspiration in my musical creations.

— Ilaiyaraaja

In school I was sidelined by Tamil language teachers. But in the film industry, I got interested in Tamil poetry after reading and working…

— Mani Ratnam

Every poet I know - although there may be some I don't know who lead very different lives, who maybe live in the country…

— Sharon Olds

I have translated Bengali poets such as Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Sunil Gangopadhyay before. These were published by Hindi and Urdu magazines. But to take…

— Gulzar

Who, except the poets, reads poetry?

— Babette Deutsch

I know who the great poets are.

— Jack Kerouac

When my father got the letter from Satyajit Ray saying I could work with him, I had to give up 'Saat Hindustani.' So I…

— Tinnu Anand

As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of poets: those who want to tell stories and sing songs, and those who…

— Simon Armitage

I grew up in Banaras on Kabir and other Hindi poets and then I got introduced to Faiz, Hasrat Mohani, Allama Iqbal and Majaaz.…

— Anubhav Sinha

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

— James Broughton

My friend Akshay Upadhyay and I used to write poetry and read out to each other.

— Pankaj Kapur