Because Quote by Hilton Als Download Open image “I envy poets because nobody ever asks them if it's true or false.” — Hilton Als ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Because Envy False Nobody Poetry True True or false
Poets themselves, tho' liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their fictions. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The poets are almost always wrong about the facts... That's because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth... — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Just because a poet said something didn’t mean it was true, only that it sounded good. — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
The poets are almost always wrong about the facts. That's because they're not interested in the facts, only the truth. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The poets are wrong of course […] But then poets are almost always wrong about facts. That's because they are not really interested in… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love. — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
Poetry is not an assertion of truth, but the making of that truth more fully real to us. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time? — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I think someone like Khandi Alexander, who's now on 'Treme,' is one of the most extraordinary actresses I've seen in years. But she's dependent… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I have not seen 'The Lion King.' I don't do black folklore. And I'm black. — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself. — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I used to always love taking photos, but I would always give a camera away to someone else. Now I don't give the camera… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
If I feel like I haven't really tapped into the essence of the story when I do an assignment, I may revisit it on… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
Great sadness can be off putting, hard to comprehend, especially if it hasn't been your experience. It's amazing for me to know now that… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I think that Tyler Perry's genius really has been to tap into the domestic market. He knows what his audience is based on, having… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book.… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
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