Essays Quote by Nicholson Baker

I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so…

— Charles M. Blow

There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air.

— Fran Lebowitz

Essayists write at a length that enables them, within a year, to explore a number of topics, whereas in a book, they'll likely only…

— Marty Nemko

“My afternoon comp class is not persuaded. In fact, they feel ill-treated...I've read three short essays aloud, anonymously, for the purpose of inspiring discussion…

— Richard Russo

“We are all poets, really.”

— Walter Lowenfels

Latino poets, are really having a significant impact on American poetics today.

— Kwame Dawes

I've always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff for a…

— Ric Ocasek

I'm more than a little suspicious of humor in poems, because I think it can at times be a way of getting a reaction…

— Matthew Zapruder

I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who possesses a…

— Carolyn Kizer

Oh, what company good poets are!

— Jose Marti

One of the surest tests of the superiority or inferiority of a poet is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate…

— Anonymous

The kind of poetry to avoid in the pretty-pretty kind that pleased our grandmothers, the kind that Longfellow and Tennyson, good poets at their…

— Clifton Fadiman