Couple Quote by Nick Tosches

People should be stopped from writing poetry. There's far too much of it. And if they're any good, they'll go ahead anyways.

— Clive James

I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think…

— Ray Manzarek

I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.

— Charles Olson

People who publish poetry today do it from a sense that poetry needs to be published, not because they think they are going to…

— Campbell McGrath

More people write poetry than read it.

— George Carlin

I think one of the things that people tend to forget is that poets do write out of life. It isn't some set piece…

— Rita Dove

I think poetry always lives its life, and people come to it and people go away from it, 'people' in the sense of larger…

— C. K. Williams

People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.

— Mary Oliver

I hope that the feeling of making poetry is not confined to the people who write it down. There is no luxury like it,…

— Stella Benson

Even if you're a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you're still in the world - although I guess being a poet…

— Abel Ferrara

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a…

— Viggo Mortensen

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's…

— Jane Campion