Attention Quote by Mark Strand

The myth stems from the belief that writing is some mystical process. That it's magical. That it abides by its own set of rules…

— Patrick Rothfuss

So I have to create the whole thing afresh for myself each time. Probably all writers now are in the same boat. It is…

— Virginia Woolf

I don't know why I write. The honest answer is that I don't have an answer. I wouldn't die if I couldn't write fiction.…

— Katie Kitamura

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

— Judy Blume

Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something --…

— Laini Taylor

“What I have lately said of painting is equally true with respect to poetry. It is only necessary for us to know what is…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?

— Carlos Drummond de Andrade

To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.

— Edgar Allan Poe

I do not think [poetry] is more, or less, necessary than food, shelter, health, education, decent working conditions. It is as necessary.

— Adrienne Rich

From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.

— Natasha Trethewey

Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as impossible to live without reverence as it is without joy.

— Henry Beston

In a lethal world, poetry is necessary for survival.

— Mary Caroline Richards