Poetry Quote by Stanley Victor Paskavich

I don't think you can read poetry while you're watching television very well.

— Edward Hirsch

I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That's my substitute for television.

— Gore Vidal

I have spoken to many broadcasters about bringing poetry to television and they're usually not keen.

— Frank Skinner

Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert hall or…

— Tony Harrison

Poetry on TV doesn't have to be like a newscast with someone staring blankly at the camera, pretending they're not reading from an autocue.

— Michael Rosen

I didn't know I was going to write for TV until I was suddenly writing for TV, so that kind of stuff can bewilder…

— Michaela Coel

I would rather read poetry than eat my dinner any day. It has been so all my life.

— Laura E. Richards

When you're just writing, you can do anything with it. But with TV, you've gotta work within certain budget constraints, so you've got to…

— Austin Butler

It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.

— Avi

TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constantly writing. 'Twilight' had almost a TV…

— Melissa Rosenberg

TV is the place that writers want to be.

— Ayelet Zurer

I write poetry in order to live more fully.

— Judith Rodriguez