Books Quote by Luis Alberto Urrea

Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.

— Robert Giroux

“There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it.”

— BORGES JORGE LUIS

“There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want to say…

— Gary D. Schmidt

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

— Nathalie Sarraute

“Poets don’t run out of material the way novelists do because they don’t depend on material in the same way.”

— Julian Barnes

“I think you can read a dozen different books and not learn a single thing about writing. Good writers don't read, they study books.…

— Joe Bunting

“need a poet who can really write. Nowadays it seems like ‘many are gone, and those that live are bad’.12”

— Aristophanes

There's been no poet, no great poet in the history of poetry who hasn't also been a great reader of poetry. This is sometimes…

— Edward Hirsch

“There are more writers who read than readers who write.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You may be a poet and not even know it.”

— M.L. Shanahan

“Nobody reads poetry anymore So who the hell are you I see bent over this book?”

— Aleksandar Ristovic

“Most people ignore most poetry because poetry ignores most people.”

— Adrian Mitchell