Poetry Quote by James Franco

“The poet is a faker / Who's so good at his act / He even fakes the pain / Of pain he feels in fact.”

— Fernando Pessoa

“But the inside stuff Isn't in these poems About how to be a REAL HUMAN BEING Because no one can tell you that Except…

— Bobby Markels

“I'm NOT perfect, but I'LL NEVER BE FAKE. I'm always BE MYSELF, no matter what, where, when or how. Either I'm accepted or rejected…

— Husna A. Rahman

“The real is the poem. Hence, for the poet—our figure for the writer as artist—to write is to get real.”

— Gémino H. Abad

“And when a man talks from his heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry.”

— Ray Bradbury

“I’m not a poet. But my wife is. She taught me to look for the extraordinary in the simplicity. She taught me about emotion,…

— Jennifer Probst

“Is he for real? A hot guy who makes me laugh and loves poetry? Someone pinch me.”

— Colleen Hoover

“Listen, for poets are feigned to lie, and I For you a liar am a thousand times . . . .”

— John Berryman

“The real me isn't the person I describe, no the real me is the me revealed by my actions.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“He has a wonderful beauty and stillness and you do not. Your poems are unpleasant.”

— Len Jenkin

“I had a boyfriend once who sent me--in a plastic bag, so it wouldn't drip--a real cow's heart with a real arrow stuck through…

— Margaret Atwood

“And I'll flip through the newest issue, walking back from my blue mailbox, hunting for the poem he chose over mine, and it'll be…

— Nicholson Baker