Brilliant Quote by Michael Bassey Johnson

“A novel, like poetry, should have for its hero a person superior to the common herd of men.”

— Lady Shelley

“The moments of nature's universal, triumphant silence had come, those minutes when the creative mind works harder, poetic thoughts seethe more ardently, the heart's…

— Ivan Goncharov

“Remember, words are the enemy of poetry.”

— Russell Edson

“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil.”

— John Steinbeck

“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.”

— Alok Mishra

“If poets have to be in some way criminals, she thinks, nowadays criminals could try being poets.”

— Joseph McElroy

“Poetry, at the best, does us a kind of violence that prose fiction rarely attempts or accomplishes.”

— Harold Bloom

“Poetry is best written with the growl and the gut. The heart and the head should be the realm to the reader.”

— Jeremy Young

“Poetry, is a life long war waged against ineffable beauty.”

— Atticus Poetry

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“If we act like prey, they’ll act like predators”

— Alyxandra Harvey

“A Poet = A willingness to be vulnerable & to trust the inner voice.”

— Morgan Dragonwillow