Communicate Quote by Raymond Carver

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate…

— Criss Jami

The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form.

— Muriel Rukeyser

“It is true that a writer writes first to please himself and that his own satisfaction with what he has done is perhaps his…

— Christopher Milne

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages. ”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the product's something…

— Richard Wilbur

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write in words

— John Fowles

“As for expressing nobody-but-yourself in words, that means working just a little harder than anybody who isn’t a poet can possibly imagine. Why? Because…

— E.E. Cummings

I don't think any poetry is written that isn't primarily written to the self, in a way... I'm always talking to myself. But I…

— Kay Ryan

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

— Pearl S. Buck

I think sometimes writers must attempt to communicate the incommunicable, because, whether they wish it or not, they're the ones to whom it falls.

— Richard Flanagan

“When somebody discusses my work with me and peruses a poem or two, they get to see a piece of who I am. Because…

— Nicholas Trandahl

Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.

— Yusef Komunyakaa