Any Quote by James Schuyler

You say to yourself, Well, this poem isn't going to be any good, but I'll write it anyway.

— Robert Bly

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

— Cesare Pavese

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.

— Eminem

Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.

— Richard Hugo

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

— Isaac Rosenberg

But you hate poetry! Yes, but you make me want to write it.

— Cassandra Clare

I'm not literary, and I'm not academic, and I don't think like a poet, so my stuff will never be like that.

— Tanya Saracho

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.

— Michael Helm

Sometimes you have a poem that you really want to write and it never happens.

— C. K. Williams

I've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.

— Mike Gordon

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

— Trevor McDonald

I didn't write my poems because I wanted to, they were wrung from me. I had to write them.

— Maxine Kumin