Poetry Quote by J.D. Salinger

“They're not. That's partly what's so awful. I mean they're not real poets. They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized…

— J.D. Salinger

“Poets aren't poets because of the way they write, they are poets because of the way they see the world.”

— Brandon Gene Petit

“A poet is somebody who has written a poem.”

— Wallace Stegner

“Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!”

— Avijeet Das

“On the contrary I am not a poet, I am just a writer who happens to write poetry.”

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

“There are anonymous poems and poets without poems.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many…

— Oscar Wilde

Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.

— Wole Soyinka

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

— John Fowles