Answers Quote by May Sarton

Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline, you've got to go so far, so fast, in such a small space that you've just got…

— Sylvia Plath

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was…

— Simon Armitage

Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far so fast in such a small space; you've got to burn…

— Sylvia Plath

There's constant drama, and I'm busy, busy, but at the center of the madness is the desire to write, the need to write. That…

— Jillian Medoff

Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.

— Langston Hughes

There's a lot of rage in my head. I like the friction that means there is nothing relaxing about writing a poem. I can't…

— Alice Oswald

Most of the time I'm not really attracted to writing that's focused on filling and fighting it out within a well-defined container. I like…

— Stephen Vincent Benet

As much as there is joy in writing, there's always the little bit of terror to keep you on edge, on your toes. It…

— Robert Cormier

You're alone with yourself and your own feelings and that gives you deeper access to what you need to get in touch with to…

— Edward Hirsch

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand it.…

— Lord Byron

Poetry is a process of getting back to the unconscious. Hence, I am always writing-even when I'm not facing the white space. I feel…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

— Norman MacCaig