Academic Quote by John Fuller

Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies…

— Aberjhani

I really came to literature through poetry.

— Cheryl Strayed

It seems like every ten years there's a book that says that poetry used to be popular, and now it's not, but we really…

— Robert Hass

When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore.

— Steve Martin

"Poetry" refers to the quite challenging and quite resistant sets of words put together to be admired and interpreted by people who are already…

— Stephen Burt

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

— Naveen Andrews

I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels.…

— Ben Okri

I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group.

— Leonard Cohen

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to…

— Christopher Koch

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died,…

— Caroline Kennedy

Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much…

— Robert Pinsky

“Poetry is a niche genre, sure, but it has a way of opening people up. It opens me up. As with music and art,…

— Nicholas Trandahl