Absolutes Quote by Lewis Carroll

Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

— Eminem

Then one can't make a living out of poetry? Certainly not. What fool expects to? Out of rhyming, yes.

— Jack London

“Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool. But you yourself may prove to show it, Every fool is not…

— Alexander Pope

I don't know if I call myself a poet or not. I would like to, but I'm not really qualified to make that decision,…

— Bob Dylan

I became a poet at the age of sixteen. I did not intend to do it. It was not my fault.

— Margaret Atwood

Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it.

— Russell Baker

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

— David Duchovny

My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.

— Victoria Chang

If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.

— Nikki Giovanni

If I knew how to write a poem, I wouldn't.

— James Galvin

I never had much education in English poetry as such,

— Anne Carson