Emily Quote by Helen Vendler

I have a little tiny Emily Dickinson so big that I carry in my pocket everywhere. And you just read three poems of Emily.…

— Maurice Sendak

No, I don't know any Emily Dickinson poems!

— Andy Richter

Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world.

— Christopher Benfey

I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily…

— Samantha Shannon

I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets. The war took care of that for me. You know, I was…

— Maurice Sendak

Certainly I'm participating in an already established and awesome tradition, but it's a tradition that sort of shoots up and through the mainstream in…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

Cynie Cory roams the outer reaches of the heart’s territory, from the snowy winter of family life to the tropical jungles of love. She…

— Barbara Hamby

What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer…

— Pico Iyer

I was reading Emily Dickinson and Edwin Arlington Robinson, but these weren't the poets that influenced me. I think Gwendolyn Brooks influenced me because…

— Sandra Cisneros

I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly…

— Francesca Lia Block

Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense.

— Tom Verlaine

When the good pictures come, we hope they tell truths, but truths 'told slant,' just as Emily Dickinson commanded.

— Sally Mann