Austen Quote by Simon Schama

Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems.

— Mary Oliver

“Therefore, poets do not 'fit' into society, not because a place is denied them but because they do not take their 'places' seriously. They…

— James P. Carse

Fiction is in danger of becoming a kind of poetry. Only other poets read it. Only other fiction writers care about it.

— John Updike

Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip…

— Terry Eagleton

There's poetry in the world. Poetry doesn't belong just to the poets. You know, you can look at the most premeditated, cold blooded movie…

— Francesco Clemente

I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot helped me. So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or…

— Jeanette Winterson

There is no longer beauty except in the struggle. No more masterpieces without an aggressive character. Poetry must be a violent assault against the…

— Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

I believe that poets have to be inside their poems somewhere, or the poem won't work.

— Joy Harjo

I don't believe that poetry is in danger because nobody wants to read it or appreciate it. There is a tremendous audience for it…

— Derek Walcott

“I don't have a poetry section in the bookshop. (Don't have but should have, I have begun to think. The poetry, like everything else,…

— Claudia Fitzherbert

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry…

— David Whyte

There is something essential and necessary about the immediacy and democracy of poetry. If you look at the history of literature, poetry is the…

— Jonathan W. Galassi