Ego Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed.

— Anonymous

Although I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet.

— Joseph Brodsky

Once I stop being a citizen of the U.S.S.R., I will not stop being a Russian poet.

— Joseph Brodsky

“Only in Russia poetry is respected – it gets people killed. Is there anywhere else where poetry is so common a motive for murder?”

— Osip Mandelstam

I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet. I believe that I will return. Poets always return…

— Joseph Brodsky

“Умом Россию не понять, Аршином общим не измерить. У ней особенная стать, В Россию можно только верить! Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet, 1803–1873 You will…

— Fyodor Tyutchev Anatoly Liberman

Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle…

— Barbara Kingsolver

What's happening in Russia is devoid of autobiographical interest for me. Maybe it's egocentric. Whatever it is, feel free to use it.

— Joseph Brodsky

I look at the great poets of the Soviet Union, like Anna Akhmatova, who endured far worse then anything we've seen or hopefully that…

— Sara Paretsky

One of the most famous lines in contemporary Russian poetry is "Erica makes four copies and that's enough." That's the ethos we're aiming for.…

— Masha Gessen

When one's not writing poems - and I'm not at the moment - you wonder how you ever did it. It's like another country…

— May Sarton

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

— Diane Wakoski