Dysfunction Quote by John Ashbery

I feel often very close to the ecstasy and anguish which lie at the very heart of poetry - I am writing a lot.

— May Sarton

I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.

— Jane Campion

Everything affects my poetry, every day something happens that changes me forever. I’m susceptible and plastic, thin-skinned and moody.

— Richard Siken

I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

— Carl Sandburg

As I get older, I recognize that my thinking about poetry may or may not have anything actively to do with my actual work…

— Robert Creeley

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

The mysterious thing about writing poetry is that when you're - when things are going poorly, when you're not thinking well, even making two…

— Edward Hirsch

I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.

— Victoria Chang

Poetry is a hazardous occupation, very hazardous. There may be bad things in there inside you that maybe you can't handle.

— James Dickey

“I primarily use poetry as a purge, a self-medication device when I’m in the depths of loneliness, anxiety or in the throes of depression.…

— Nicholas Trandahl

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who…

— Andrew Motion

Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun.

— Gwen Harwood