Coffee Quote by Michelle Tea

I grew up in a sad, depressed place. I got out. Poetry saved my life.

— Mary Oliver

I haven't had the time to do a lot of writing. But nothing's really changed about me. It's just my day-to-day activities have changed,…

— D'Angelo

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more…

— Imogen Heap

Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?

— Mata Amritanandamayi

I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday... I look back on my life as a good day's…

— Grandma Moses

I was a bit shut down by a lot of the snarkiness and biliousness in some of the poetry blogs. I was tired of…

— Simone Muench

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

— Mary Gauthier

I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day;…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.

— Stephen Colbert

The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where…

— George Saunders

Today is a new day, turning over a new leaf, not holding grudges, focusing my energy on school, and living life to the fullest.

— Anonymous

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

— Ed Westwick