Art Quote by Joseph Brodsky

I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers.

— Francine Prose

Prose is like a window; fiction is like a door. But it is not uncommon that he who should come in through the door…

— Mu Xin

In general, I would think that at present prose writers are much in advance of the poets. In the old days, I read more…

— William H. Gass

Prose is a poor thing, a poor inadequate thing, compared with poetry which says so much more in shorter time.

— Vita Sackville-West

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is…

— Ezra Pound

Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.

— Joy Kogawa

Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights…

— Jasper Fforde

I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry.

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

Poetry is prose in slow motion.

— Nicholson Baker

The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.

— James Kelman

“As social concerns override literary ones, writers seem fated to eschew virtuosity and experimentation in favor of a bland but immediately accessible style. Writing…

— Nicholas Carr

Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult.

— Walter Pater