Career Quote by John Cooper Clarke

I had a million jobs before I managed to make a living out of poetry.

— John Cooper Clarke

I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.

— Wislawa Szymborska

I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I…

— Josh Lieb

Poets are supposed to be underappreciated, don't you know? There is always a strange reaction to those who become successful in their own lifetime,…

— John Cooper Clarke

I was writing since I can remember - I just didn't know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.

— Amanda Gorman

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

I consider poetry my vocation, not my "career." My career is as a university professor; that's what pays the bills.

— Cate Marvin

I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than…

— Dana Goodyear

I really wanted to be a poet - until I realized that I really didn't have what it took to be a poet.

— Celeste Ng

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.

— Erica Jong

Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling.

— Edward Hirsch