Poetry Quote by Jack Nicholson

Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

— Alice Walker

The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off…

— Paul Westerberg

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

— Gore Vidal

If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived…

— Andrew Motion

I have a paper cut from writing my suicide note. It's a start.

— Steven Wright

If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking,…

— Jack Nicholson

Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. In the day I would be reminded of…

— Muriel Rukeyser

If I knew how to write a poem, I wouldn't.

— James Galvin

I’d cut my soul into a million different pieces just to form a constellation to light your way home. I’d write love poems to…

— Andrea Gibson

If I wasn't a writer, I would be depressed.

— J. K. Rowling

Suicide is, after all, the opposite of the poem.

— Anne Sexton

I write poetry in order to live more fully.

— Judith Rodriguez