Feels Quote by Mahmoud Darwish

“A poem exists only in the relation between poet and reader. And I'm in need of my readers, except that they never cease to…

— Mahmoud Darwish

Poets use metaphors and symbolism to construct images. I construct my images in the same way, except that I am using a different form.

— Shirin Neshat

I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act. Better to…

— Ray Bradbury

When we read our own writing, we all think it clearly expresses what we mean, because when we read it, we are only reminding…

— Joseph Williams

When I started writing, I thought nobody would understand the things that I liked. Then I began getting a lot of letters from people…

— Novala Takemoto

In terms of the symbolism, I think that if you do it right, writing is a bit like dreaming.

— Steven Knight

I am not a writer except when I write.

— Juan Carlos Onetti

Sometimes the people around you really affect what you write.

— Susan Tedeschi

Once, I compared poetry to mothers in my book called To Write as a Woman, because my mother is someone who captures me in…

— Kim Hyesoon

I write from the various experiences I live. Not every poem comes from my personal experience, though. It could be something that a friend…

— Rupi Kaur

This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.

— Quentin S. Crisp

As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was…

— Joan Didion