Books Quote by Roger Zelazny

I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.

— Andre Dubus

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

I read a lot of prose poetry and get inspired by more-so just a state of mind.

— William Beckett

I love poetry. If my mind gets a bit tight or bound up with information or depressed with bad news, I find a good…

— Mark Rylance

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

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

— Ed Westwick

For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot…

— Thomas M. Disch

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

— Eminem

I discover poetry when I was in elementary school and I was so fascinated by it. Because I realised if you get the right…

— Taylor Swift

Poetry seems to have been eliminated as a literary genre, and installed instead, as a kind of spiritual aerobic exercise - nobody need read…

— Marilyn Hacker

I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which…

— Jesmyn Ward

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.

— Michael Helm