Bother Quote by Nicholson Baker

When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.

— Oprah Winfrey

I learn a lot about my poems when I read them by the way people respond to them.

— Mary Oliver

I read poetry to save time.

— Marilyn Monroe

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure…

— J. K. Rowling

What poetry can, must, and will always do for us: it complicates us, it doesn’t ‘soothe.’

— Jorie Graham

I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language…

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— Norman MacCaig

I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.

— Tom Wesselmann

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

— Ed Westwick

One must read poetry with one's nerves.

— Wallace Stevens

I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

— Victoria Chang

“When I write poetry, I’ll write it down, or a tiny bit of it, and then have to depend on the reader to bring…

— William Anderson