Apathy Quote by Robert Bly

“Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!”

— Avijeet Das

“Making it in poetry The young teller at the credit union asked why so many small checks from universities? Because I write poems I…

— Bob Hicok

“Poetry is a distinct faculty, - it won't come when called, - you may as well whistle for a wind.”

— George Gordon Byron

“On the contrary I am not a poet, I am just a writer who happens to write poetry.”

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

“Names do not write poems nor do they create work.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“You may be a poet and not even know it.”

— M.L. Shanahan

“Don't tell anyone I'm a poet; they might want me to write a book. Don't tell 'em I can sing, or they'd want me…

— L. Frank Baum

“I'm not a poet and I know it.”

— Steph

“What has praise and fame to do with poetry? Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?”

— Virginia Woolf

“when you're a poet you can dish out whatever's on your mind and you don't have to apologize for it”

— Shannon Lynette

“His work killed the poet Because he called it complete. After it nothing else could be said.”

— Marne L. Kilates

“Poems ought to reflect the work the poet does, and his relationships with other people, and family, and institutions, and organization.”

— Wallace Stegner