Books Quote by Penelope Mitchell

Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in Paris at twenty-three—and managed…

— David Markson

I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it’s understood. I believe that. There are some bands where…

— Marcus Mumford

“The sixties began what many admirers of Eliot would consider a bleak period. The anxiety of influence of the profession at large seemed to…

— Jewel Spears Brooker

“I wasn’t reading poetry because my aim was to work my way through English Literature in Prose A–Z. But this was different. I read…

— Jeanette Winterson

I had not read George Eliot, so read a few. I felt ashamed I hadn't read "Middlemarch" before.

— Stephen Dobyns

“Modern poets like Frost still want to make 'deep' statements; but they are also more sceptical of such high-sounding generalities than many of their…

— Terry Eagleton

For me, it was a formative experience reading Eliot when I was younger. 'The Waste Land,' in particular.

— Claire Messud

“I started this chapter with some lines from T. S. Eliot’s poem “East Coker” that I’ve always loved:”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

I do gravitate toward 19th century writers, and I never mind being compared with some of the most memorable writers from that era. I…

— Julia Glass

Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think…

— Bob Dylan

Every poet gets to choose what kind of community he or she serves with the poems, and it's true that there is a community…

— Ted Kooser

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George…

— A. S. Byatt