Hate Quote by Marvin Bell

But you hate poetry! Yes, but you make me want to write it.

— Cassandra Clare

Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem.

— Charles Bukowski

Write the poem only you can write.

— Billy Collins

“This is the kind of room poets are supposed to work in, the kind of room that threatens to break your spirit and forces…

— Paul Auster

Listen to presences inside poems, Let them take you where they will. Follow those private hints, and never leave the premises.

— Rumi

When you write, don't say, "I'm going to write a poem." That attitude will freeze you right away. Sit down with the least expectation…

— Natalie Goldberg

Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself.

— James Schuyler

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

— Jean Cocteau

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

— Carol Ann Duffy

Poetry is a hazardous occupation, very hazardous. There may be bad things in there inside you that maybe you can't handle.

— James Dickey

Get rid of words and meaning, and there is still poetry.

— Yang Wanli

Get rid of words, and get rid of meaning, and still there is poetry.

— Yang Wanli